Table 8.
Correlation coefficients between the polymorphism in genes and the content of individual saturated fatty acids (SFA) in sheep of milk.
| SCD1/Cfr13I | FASN/AciI | ANXA9/NlaIII | ANXA9/HinfI | ANXA9/Tru1I | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCFA | |||||
| C4:0 | − 0.3734* | 0.0591 | 0.2211 | − 0.1925 | 0.0956 |
| C6:0 | − 0.3742* | 0.0375 | 0.2350 | − 0.1748 | 0.0042 |
| C8:0 | − 0.2999 | 0.0636 | 0.2420 | − 0.0920 | − 0.0972 |
| C10:0 | − 0.2405 | 0.1467 | 0.2453 | − 0.0467 | − 0.1456 |
| Total | − 0.3192* | 0.1145 | 0.2630 | − 0.1054 | − 0.0846 |
| LCFA | |||||
| C12:0 | − 0.3043 | 0.1499 | 0.1894 | − 0.0476 | − 0.1140 |
| C13:0 | − 0.0231 | 0.2420 | 0.0153 | − 0.1343 | − 0.0352 |
| C14:0 | − 0.3670* | 0.1308 | − 0.0542 | − 0.1159 | 0.0153 |
| C15:0 | 0.0536 | 0.2259 | − 0.0184 | − 0.3889* | 0.1071 |
| C16:0 | − 0.0012 | 0.0553 | − 0.1496 | − 0.1792 | 0.2070 |
| C17:0 | − 0.0406 | − 0.1041 | 0.0068 | − 0.2491 | 0.0516 |
| C18:0 | − 0.1226 | − 0.0989 | 0.1022 | − 0.0513 | 0.0874 |
| C20:0 | − 0.0942 | 0.0682 | 0.1736 | − 0.3627* | 0.1886 |
| Total | − 0.3288* | 0.0635 | 0.0008 | − 0.2801 | 0.2082 |
| ƩSFA% | − 0.3808* | 0.0975 | 0.1210 | − 0.2490 | 0.1096 |
SCFA short-chain fatty acids, LCFA long-chain fatty acids, SFA saturated fatty acids; (g/100 g of fat).
*Significance at P < 0.05 was marked by an asterisk.