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. 2018 Feb 8;96(1):17–26. doi: 10.1093/jas/skx024

Table 5.

Effects of (AC)n microsatellite in Six1 promoter on porcine traits

Genotype traits Least squares means ± SE
19/19 (n = 50) 19/20 (n = 34) 19/22 (n = 278) 20/22(n = 13) 22/22 (n = 131) 19/24(n = 3)
Birth weight, kg 1.555 ± 0.100 1.592 ± 0.122 1.615 ± 0.042 1.690 ± 0.195 1.536 ± 0.062 __
Weaning weight, kg 5.740 b ± 0.123 5.974 ab ± 0.151 6.036 a ± 0.050 5.776 ab ± 0.274 5.898 ab ± 0.077 __
Carcass weight, kg 81.948 ab ± 1.218 85.096 a ± 1.480 83.196ab ± 0.517 83.463 ab ± 2.381 81.793 b ± 0.756 __
Color a* 4.590 ± 0.293 4.222 ± 0.356 4.749 ± 0.123 5.058 ± 0.571 4.614 ± 0.181 __
Leaf fat, mm 0.945 ± 0.041 0.958 ± 0.050 0.928 ± 0.017 0.832 ± 0.080 0.919 ± 0.025 __
Shoulders back fat, mm 30.787 ± 0.778 29.908 ± 0.945 30.698 ± 0.328 30.202 ± 1.517 30.623 ± 0.481 __
Thoracic and lumbar backfat, mm 19.006 ABab ± 0.680 17.384 Bb ± 0.826 19.365 ABa ± 0.287 21.284 Aa ± 1.327 19.580 Aa ± 0.421 __
Lumbar sacral back fat, mm 15.060 ± 0.649 14.216 ± 0.788 15.375 ± 0.273 16.557 ± 1.269 15.607 ± 0.401 __
Average back fat, mm 21.618 ± 0.608 20.512 ± 0.738 21.817 ± 0.256 22.681 ± 1.185 21.937 ± 0.378 __
IMF, % 10.193 ± 0.414 9.584 ± 0.482 9.412 ± 0.169 8.837 ± 0.740 9.448 ± 0.245 __
Color L* 39.877 ± 0.489 40.940 ± 0.594 40.469 ± 0.206 39.468 ± 0.955 40.731 ± 0.302 __
Color b* 5.688 ± 0.183 5.367 ± 0.221 5.596 ± 0.077 5.612 ± 0.355 5.538 ± 0.113 __
Water loss rate, % 17.659 ± 1.119 19.180 ± 1.33 19.712 ± 0.471 20.412 ± 2.322 19.277 ± 0.694 __

Bold values indicate significant association events, and values in each row with different lower case superscripts are significantly different at P <0.05 and with different capital superscript letters are significantly different at P <0.01.