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Table 4.

Association analysis of the SHE gene CNV with growth traits in four sheep breeds.

Breed	Growth Traits	CNV Type (Mean ± SE)			p
Breed	Growth Traits	Loss	Normal	Gain	p
CKS	Body length (cm)	71.66 ± 1.60 ^b	74.22 ± 1.588 ^a	73.33 ± 1.59 ^a,b	0.028
HS	Circumference of cannon bone (cm)	76.39 ± 0.36 ^c	76.40 ± 0.89 ^a,b	78.77 ± 0.89 ^a	0.046
STHS	Heart girth (cm)	7.03 ± 0.04 ^b	7.29 ± 0.11 ^a,b	7.31 ± 0.11 ^a	0.012
	Chest width (cm)	19.58 ± 0.39 ^a,b	20.26 ± 0.44 ^a	18.60 ± 0.38 ^b	0.019
	High at the cross (cm)	62.06 ± 0.51 ^B	62.02 ± 0.58 ^B,C	64.20 ± 0.50 ^A	0.004

^a,b Values that differ significantly at p < 0.05; ^A,B,C Values that differ significantly at p < 0.01. CKS: loss (169), normal (86), gain (47). HS: loss (150), normal (24), gain (24). STHS: loss (65), normal (54), gain (70).