Table 1.
TMEM154 E/K allele and genotype frequencies in serologically MV positive and negative sheep
| Breed subset | MV status |
TMEM154 allele frequency (n chromosomes) |
P value | TMEM154 genotype frequency | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n sheep) | (n sheep) | (n sheep) | (n sheep) | ||||
| K | E | KK | EK, EE | ||||
| All (527) | Negative (206) | 0.65 (268) | 0.35 (144) | < 0.001 | 0.48 (100) | 0.52 (106) | < 0.001 |
| Positive (321) | 0.36 (233) | 0.64 (409) | 0.15 (47) | 0.85 (274) | |||
| TEX-x (341) | Negative (95) | 0.48 (92) | 0.52 (98) | < 0.001 | 0.30 (29) | 0.70 (66) | < 0.001 |
| Positive (246) | 0.26 (130) | 0.74 (362) | 0.04 (9) | 0.96 (237) | |||
| GBM (39) | Negative (35) | 0.66 (46) | 0.34 (24) | 0.140 | 0.40 (14) | 0.60 (21) | 0.277 |
| Positive (4) | 0.37 (3) | 0.63 (5) | 0.00 (0) | 1.00 (4) | |||
| MLS-x (125) | Negative (62) | 0.85 (105) | 0.15 (19) | 0.067 | 0.74 (46) | 0.26 (16) | 0.067 |
| Positive (63) | 0.75 (95) | 0.25 (31) | 0.59 (37) | 0.41 (26) | |||
| EFM–LAC (22) | Negative (14) | 0.89 (25) | 0.11 (3) | 0.001 | 0.79 (11) | 0.21 (3) | 0.006 |
| Positive (8) | 0.31 (5) | 0.69 (11) | 0.13 (1) | 0.87 (7) | |||
TEX-x: purebred and crossbred German Texel sheep, GBM: purebred German Blackheaded Mutton sheep, MLS-x: purebred and crossbred Merinoland sheep, EFM–LAC: East Friesian milk and Lacaune sheep and crosses of both breeds.