Table 1.

Association of caprine KRTAP15-1 variants with cashmere traits (mean $\pm$ SE).${}^{\ast }$

Trait (unit)	Variant	Absent			Present		$P$ value
		Mean $\pm$ SE	$n$		Mean $\pm$ SE	$n$
Cashmere yield (g)	A	$\mathrm{417}\pm \mathrm{6.0}$	74		$\mathrm{418}\pm \mathrm{4.8}$	157	0.861
	B	$\mathrm{420}\pm \mathrm{5.3}$	117		$\mathrm{415}\pm \mathrm{5.1}$	114	0.357
	C	$\mathrm{419}\pm \mathrm{5.1}$	119		$\mathrm{416}\pm \mathrm{5.2}$	112	0.509
Crimped fibre length (cm)	A	$\mathrm{4.2}\pm \mathrm{0.06}$	74		$\mathrm{4.3}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$	157	0.126
	B	$\mathrm{4.3}\pm \mathrm{0.06}$	117		$\mathrm{4.3}\pm \mathrm{0.06}$	114	0.487
	C	$\mathrm{4.3}\pm \mathrm{0.55}$	119		$\mathrm{4.2}\pm \mathrm{0.56}$	112	0.110
Mean fibre diameter ($\mathrm{\mu }$m)	A	$\mathbf{13.6}\pm \mathbf{0.06}$	74		$\mathbf{13.4}\pm \mathbf{0.05}$	157	0.006
	B	$\mathrm{13.4}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$	117		$\mathrm{13.4}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$	114	0.997
	C	$\mathrm{13.4}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$	119		$\mathrm{13.5}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$	112	0.358

${}^{\ast }$ Estimated marginal means and standard errors (SEs) of those means from general linear mixed-effects models. “Gender” and “sire” were included in the models as a fixed factor and a random factor, respectively. $P\mathit{<}\mathrm{0.05}$ is in bold.