Table 4. Least square means and standard errors of body weight (grams) in Leung Hang Khao chickens.

Gene		Number of chickens	Least square mean (SE)
			0 wk	2 wks	4 wks	6 wks	8 wks	10 wks	12 wks	14 wks	16 wks
IGF-II	AA	126	33.33	82.61	199.57	382.35	586.24	821.84	1062	1152	1413B
			(0.27)	(1.33)	(3.60)	(6.42)	(10.24)	(13.03)	(16.04)	(19.14)	(20.91)
	AB	252	32.96	84.19	209.30	388.04	589.14	827.84	1076	1190	1452AB
			(0.20)	(0.96)	(2.59)	(4.55)	(7.20)	(9.29)	(11.40)	(14.05)	(14.43)
	BB	126	33.30	84.17	204.84	386.59	590.56	832.53	1081	1202	1484A
			(0.27)	(1.36)	(3.61)	(6.46)	(10.12)	(13.06)	(16.05)	(17.99)	(20.31)
P-value			0.43	0.59	0.08	0.77	0.95	0.81	0.69	0.11	0.05
MC4R	GG	122	33.54	84.56	207.69	390.67	591.91	825.87	1074	1207	1478
			(0.28)	(1.39)	(3.68)	(6.46)	(10.42)	(13.32)	(16.30)	(19.27)	(19.99)
	GT	91	32.97	84.03	201.12	375.77	588.33	815.72	1048	1167	1408
			(0.32)	(1.55)	(4.20)	(7.37)	(11.82)	(15.15)	(18.65)	(21.70)	(28.14)
	TT	291	33.02	83.32	206.35	388.23	587.59	831.81	1083	1183	1449
			(0.18)	(0.90)	(2.44)	(4.31)	(6.80)	(8.76)	(10.76)	(13.45)	(13.19)
P-value			0.23	0.73	0.47	0.26	0.94	0.64	0.28	0.34	0.13
CAPN1	A1A1	296	32.49B	87.62A	208.60	378.62B	580.16	820.59	1048	1214	1459
			(0.19)	(0.97)	(2.40)	(4.14)	(6.47)	(8.35)	(10.66)	(10.97)	(12.19)
	A1A2	77	32.77AB	83.25B	206.01	379.74AB	575.95	811.44	1052	1219	1479
			(0.37)	(1.91)	(4.63)	(8.08)	(12.76)	(16.38)	(20.95)	(22.55)	(28.62)
	A2A2	131	33.43A	84.31AB	209.72	397.57A	604.94	85.60	1087	1173	1406
			(0.28)	(1.48)	(3.62)	(6.30)	(9.97)	(12.67)	(16.08)	(18.64)	(22.90)
P-value			0.02	0.04	0.82	0.04	0.09	0.46	0.18	0.14	0.07

^{A, B, C} different letters indicate significant differences at P<0.05.

wk – week.