Table-4.

Effect of the Myostatin gene genotypes on growth traits in Egyptian sheep.

Genotype	Trait (LS means±standard error)
	BW	FW	ADG
SNP c. 18 G>T
GG	3.55±0.04	51.56±1.31	100.96±2.26
GT	3.12±0.05	47.87±0.86	101.67±2.73
TT	3.22±0.08	49.07±0.71	98.49±4.18
Significance	0.05*	0.06	0.62
SNP c. 241 T>C
CC	3.32±0.05	49.07±0.83	85.86±4.12
CT	3.22±0.06	47.87±1.00	97.62±4.83
TT	3.45±0.09	51.56±1.53	101.13±7.61
Significance	0.11	0.13	0.03*
SNPc. 243 G>A
GG	3.23±0.03	42.20±0.6	97.90±1.85
AG	3.31±0.06	48.14±1.06	103.84±3.18
AA	3.32±0.07	49.00±1.20	102.88±3.86
Significance	0.72	0.8	0.18
SNP c. 259 G>T
GG	3.25±0.03	49.00±0.60	97.91±1.80
GT	3.31±0.06	48.41±1.04	103.84±3.18
TT	3.32±0.07	49.20±1.20	102.82±3.86
Significance	0.72	0.81	0.18
SNP c. 159 A>T
GG	3.24±0.21	48.94±0.80	99.90±2.53
GT	3.54±0.21	51.68±3.56	100.51±11.17
TT	3.31±0.04	48.98±0.81	100.51±11.17
Significance	0.51	0.57	0.96
SNP c. 173 T>G
GG	3.27±0.33	46.54±5.42	99.91±3.86
GT	3.54±0.133	51.68±5.36	100.51±17.00
TT	3.30±0.07	48.98±1.23	100.51±17.00
Significance	0.75	0.78	0.96

¹BW=Birth weight (kg), FW=Full weight (kg), ADG=Average daily gain (g/day). *Significance level (p<0.05)