Table 1.
The association of KRTAP6-5 genotype and various cashmere traits
| Traits1 | Mean ± SE2 | P-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
AA (n = 116) |
AB (n = 17) |
AC (n = 80) |
AD (n = 22) |
AG (n = 12) |
CC (n =13) |
||
| GFW (g) | 418.13 ± 4.35 | 417.47 ± 10.38 | 415.25 ± 5.23 | 411.30 ± 8.86 | 413.33 ± 12.31 | 395.94 ± 11.79 | 0.590 |
| MFD (μm) | 13.62 ± 0.04a | 13.61 ± 0.09ab | 13.63 ± 0.05ab | 13.59 ± 0.08ab | 13.57 ± 0.11bc | 13.25 ± 0.11c | 0.030 |
| MCFL (cm) | 4.23 ± 0.05 | 4.26 ± 0.12 | 4.23 ± 0.06 | 4.22 ± 0.10 | 4.13 ± 0.14 | 4.28 ± 0.14 | 0.979 |
1GFW, greasy fleece weight; MFD, mean fiber diameter; MCFL, mean crimped fiber length.
2Estimated marginal means and standard errors (SE) of those means derived from general linear mixed-effects models. “Gender” and “sire” were included in the models as a fixed factor and a random factor, respectively.