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. 2019 Feb 28;51:8. doi: 10.1186/s12711-019-0450-1

Table 6.

Estimates of regression coefficients (SE) on heterozygosity for dataset 2 for Models 2 and 3

Trait Heterozygosity Hetbreedb (A)a Hetbreed (B) Hetbreed (X)
Regression coefficients
Total number born 4.22 (1.44)* 1.76 (2.00) 7.14 (2.24)* 6.04 (5.05)
Live born 4.27 (1.34)* 1.89 (1.87) 7.06 (2.09)* 6.16 (4.70)
Gestation length − 2.07 (0.70)* − 2.82 (0.97)* − 1.18 (1.05) − 2.26 (3.28)
Standardised regression coefficients c
Total number born 1.18 0.52 1.97 1.68
Live born 1.28 0.58 2.11 1.79
Gestation length − 1.25 − 1.74 − 0.75 − 1.45

* Regression coefficient significantly different from zero at P < 0.05

aBreeds: A = Dutch Landrace, B = Dutch Large White, X = F1 cross of A and B

bHetbreed is the model with heterozygosity within breed

cStandardised regression coefficients are regression coefficients divided by phenotypic standard deviation