Table 2.
Association of the KRTAP28-1 genotype and wool traits.
| Trait 1 | Mean ± SE 2 | p 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB (n = 81) | BB (n = 103) | BC (n = 56) | BD (n = 94) | ||
| GFW (kg) | 2.39 ± 0.06 | 2.34 ± 0.06 | 2.44 ± 0.06 | 2.35 ± 0.05 | 0.578 |
| CFW (kg) | 1.75 ± 0.05 | 1.71 ± 0.05 | 1.74 ± 0.05 | 1.73 ± 0.04 | 0.893 |
| Yield (%) | 73.3 ± 0.93 | 72.8 ± 0.84 | 71.2 ± 0.96 | 73.2 ± 0.81 | 0.369 |
| MSL (mm) | 84.6 ± 1.70 | 85.3 ± 1.53 | 82.9 ± 1.76 | 85.6 ± 1.48 | 0.626 |
| MSS (N/ktex) | 21.7 ± 1.08 | 23.0 ± 0.97 | 24.5 ± 1.12 | 22.0 ± 0.94 | 0.328 |
| MFD (µm) | 19.0 ± 0.26 b | 19.4 ± 0.23 ab | 19.9 ± 0.27 a | 18.8 ± 0.23 b | 0.019 |
| FDSD (µm) | 4.12 ± 0.09 | 4.22 ± 0.08 | 4.30 ± 0.10 | 4.04 ± 0.08 | 0.180 |
| CVFD (%) | 21.7 ± 0.33 | 21.6 ± 0.30 | 21.5 ± 0.34 | 21.4 ± 0.29 | 0.748 |
| MFC (o/mm) | 86.6 ± 2.32 | 86.4 ± 2.09 | 91.8 ± 2.40 | 87.1 ± 2.02 | 0.279 |
| PF (%) | 2.00 ± 0.49 | 2.49 ± 0.44 | 2.97 ± 0.50 | 1.78 ± 0.42 | 0.340 |
1 GFW—Greasy Fleece Weight; CFW—Clean Fleece Weight; MFD—Mean Fibre Diameter; FDSD—Fibre Diameter Standard Deviation; CVFD—Coefficient of Variation of Fibre Diameter; MSL—Mean Staple Length; MSS—Mean Staple Strength; MFC—Mean Fibre Curvature; PF—Prickle Factor (percentage of fibres over 30 µm). 2 Estimated marginal means, standard errors of those means and p-values derived from General Linear Mixed-Effect Models (GLMMs). Means within rows that do not share a superscript letter (e.g., a,b) were different at p < 0.05. 3 p-values < 0.05 are in bold.