. 2018 Jul 23;96(10):4264–4275. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky300

Table 3.

Least squares means and SE for fatty acid proportion (g/100 g of total fatty acids) in Angus (n = 39), 75% Angus (n = 33), Brangus (n = 30), 50% Angus (n = 42), 25% Angus (n = 27), and Brahman (n = 59) cattle

Trait	Breed group						SE¹	I²	b₁²	b₂²
Trait	Angus	75% A	Brangus	50% A	25% A	Brahman	SE¹	I²	b₁²	b₂²
C10:0	0.05^c	0.06^bc	0.06^bc	0.05^bc	0.06^b	0.07^a	0.003	0.053	−0.001	0.001^S
C11:0	0.01^b	0.02^b	0.02^b	0.02^b	0.02^b	0.04^a	0.003	0.024	−0.002	0.002^S
C12:0	0.07^c	0.08^b	0.08^b	0.07^bc	0.08^b	0.09^a	0.003	0.069	0.006^S	–
C13:0	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.002	0.014	0.001^S	–
C14:0	3.15	3.33	3.52	3.21	3.39	3.26	0.104	3.931	0.011	–
C14:1	0.70	0.82	0.87	0.81	0.83	0.86	0.046	0.833	0.029^S	–
C15:0	0.39	0.40	0.41	0.38	0.39	0.40	0.013	0.558	0.0008	–
C16:0	30.39^a	29.82^a	30.03^a	28.6^b	28.48^b	28.51^b	0.365	28.751	−0.496^S	–
C16:1	3.35^c	3.67^ab	3.73^ab	3.56^abc	3.41^bc	3.76^a	0.114	3.736	0.063	–
C17:0	1.16^a	1.12^a	1.10^a	1.10^a	1.15^a	1.14^a	0.038	1.541	−0.0008	–
C17:1	0.70^abc	0.79^ab	0.62^bc	0.61^c	0.72^abc	0.82^a	0.062	0.919	−0.112	0.033^S
C18:0	14.47	13.91	13.80	14.00	14.45	13.71	0.326	13.451	−0.115	–
C18:1	41.02	40.30	40.24	41.68	40.73	39.28	0.865	41.768	−0.359	–
C18:2n-6 cis	2.51^c	3.37^b	3.17^bc	3.43^b	3.73^b	4.8^a	0.270	3.298	0.530^S	–
C18:2n-6 trans	0.29^c	0.30^bc	0.32^ab	0.32^a	0.31^abc	0.31^ab	0.008	0.265	0.023^S	−0.005^S
C18:3n-6	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.009	0.044	0.006^S	–
C18:3n-3	0.23^c	0.25^bc	0.26^bc	0.27^b	0.27^b	0.31^a	0.008	0.202	0.019^S	–
C20:0	0.11^a	0.11^a	0.10^ab	0.11^a	0.10^ab	0.10^b	0.003	0.084	−0.003^S	–
C20:1n-9	0.28	0.30	0.29	0.03	0.27	0.28	0.010	0.319	−0.004	–
C20:2	0.08^d	0.08^cd	0.08^cd	0.09^bc	0.10^b	0.14^a	0.006	0.052	−0.0003	0.004^S
C20:3n-6	0.17^c	0.21^bc	0.23^bc	0.23^bc	0.26^b	0.34^a	0.026	0.161	0.039^S	–
C20:3n-3	0.55^c	0.67^bc	0.61^bc	0.75^bc	0.85^b	1.18^a	0.079	0.443	−0.002	0.039^S
C20:5n-3	0.05^c	0.05^bc	0.06^bc	0.06^bc	0.07^b	0.10^a	0.007	0.016	−0.001	0.004^S
C22:0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.002	0.017	0.002^S	–
C22:2	0.01^c	0.01^bc	0.02^ab	0.02^abc	0.02^abc	0.02^a	0.003	0.034	0.002^S	–
C23:0	0.10^bc	0.13^bc	0.09^c	0.11^bc	0.14^ab	0.17^a	0.015	0.083	0.017^S	–
C22:6n-3	0.05^c	0.06^bc	0.11^ab	0.08^abc	0.05^c	0.12^a	0.020	0.009	0.012^S	–
C24:1n-9	0.05^c	0.05^c	0.10^ab	0.06^bc	0.04^c	0.10^a	0.014	0.025	0.009^S	–
SFA	49.92^a	49^abc	49.23^ab	47.69^bc	48.29^abc	47.52^c	0.602	48.031	−0.566^S	–
MUFA	46.10	45.93	45.84	47.02	45.99	45.10	0.830	47.531	−0.235	–
PUFA	3.98^c	5.06^bc	4.93^bc	5.29^b	5.72^b	7.38^a	0.391	4.438	0.802^S	–

Within each row, means without common letters differ (P < 0.05).

¹Average SE across the breed groups.

²Intercept (i), linear (b₁), and quadratic (b₂) effects of percent Brahman genetics.

^SLinear or quadratic effect significant at P < 0.05.