Table 1.
Association of caprine KRTAP27-1 genotypes with cashmere fiber traits in Longdong cashmere goats (Mean ± SE) 1.
| Fiber Trait | Raw Mean ± SE (n = 248) |
(Mean ± SE) 1 | p Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA (n = 129) | AB (n = 81) | BB (n = 14) | |||
| Cashmere fiber yield (g) | 397.5 ± 3.18 | 420.4 ± 4.88 | 417.0 ± 5.75 | 412.3 ± 11.45 | 0.721 |
| Mean fiber diameter (μm) | 13.3 ± 0.03 | 13.4 ± 0.05 a | 13.5 ± 0.06 b | 13.7 ± 0.11 b | 0.026 |
| Curly fiber length (cm) | 4.1 ± 0.03 | 4.4 ± 0.05 | 4.3 ± 0.06 | 4.2 ± 0.12 | 0.127 |
1 Estimated marginal means and standard errors (SE) of those means from general linear mixed-effects models. Means that do not share a superscript letter (a or b) within rows are significantly different at p < 0.05 and are shown in bold.