Table 8.

Results of statistical analysis for testing association between TGFβ3 polymorphism and growth performance and carcass traits in the chicken population.

Parameter	Genetic Model
	Codominant	Dominant	Recessive	Overdominant	Log-Additive
BW at 14 days	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
BW at 21 days	−0.013	0.014	0.606	0.005	0.199
BW at 28 days	−0.004	0.002	0.847	0.004	0.035
BW at 35 days	−0.004	0.001	0.560	0.008	0.016
BW at 42 days before slaughter	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
trunk weight	−0.010	0.013	0.535	0.003	0.215
giblets weight	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
abdominal fat weight	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
breast muscle with skin	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
breast muscle without skin	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
thigh muscle with skin	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
thigh muscle without skin	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
slaughter value	−0.015	0.646	0.015	0.014	0.306
slaughter percentage	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns

BW–body weight; ns–no significant SNP after Bonferroni correction. Statistical significances at significance level 0.05 are highlighted in bold.