Table 3.

Adjusted means ± 95% CIs for various wool traits from sheep of 2 KRATP7-1 genotypes derived from the general linear mixed-effects models

	Mean ± 95% CI
Traits	AA, n = 169	AB, n = 51	P-value1
Yield2, %	79.1 ± 2.72	81.9 ± 3.37	0.017
MSL3, mm	47.3 ± 0.57	50.9 ± 0.65	0.024
Bulk	23.6 ± 1.72	23.1 ± 1.74	0.176
MFD, μm	25.8 ± 0.88	25.3 ± 0.98	0.286
FDSD, μm	12.5 ± 1.78	12.4 ± 2.43	0.886
CVFD	44.8 ± 5.94	45.8 ± 8.13	0.778
Medullation	44.6 ± 2.47	44.9 ± 3.63	0.879
MeSD	19.6 ± 3.12	22.8 ± 5.43	0.294
CVMed	42.3 ± 5.82	49.4 ± 10.39	0.217
Opacity	61.6 ± 5.61	60.9 ± 5.98	0.658
OpSD	14.4 ± 0.69	14.2 ± 0.86	0.599
CVOp	29.2 ± 3.25	32.9 ± 5.96	0.278

¹Significant differences (P < 0.05) are shown in bold.

²Adjusted for age.

³Adjusted for age and gender.