Table 9.
Correlation coefficients between the polymorphism in genes and the content of individual unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) in the milk of sheep.
| SCD1/Cfr13I | FASN/AciI | ANXA9/NlaIII | ANXA9/HinfI | ANXA9/Tru1I | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUFA | |||||
| C14:1 | − 0.0424 | 0.3085 | 0.1773 | − 0.2766 | 0.1236 |
| C16:1 | 0.2792 | 0.0831 | − 0.1110 | 0.1654 | − 0.2709 |
| C17:1 | 0.0187 | − 0.0681 | 0.0297 | − 0.0887 | 0.1980 |
| C18:1n9c | 0.2592 | − 0.1532 | − 0.0140 | 0.0911 | 0.0871 |
| C18:1n9t | 0.1201 | − 0.1344 | − 0.1151 | 0.2373 | − 0.2861 |
| C18:1n7t | 0.2037 | − 0.0119 | − 0.1108 | 0.2133 | 0.0356 |
| C20:1 | − 0.1999 | 0.0528 | − 0.0688 | − 0.0076 | − 0.0863 |
| Σ MUFA | 0.3576* | − 0.1208 | − 0.0717 | 0.1832 | − 0.0383 |
| PUFA | |||||
| C18:2n6c | 0.0596 | − 0.0714 | 0.1185 | − 0.0048 | 0.2117 |
| CLA | 0.1565 | 0.0415 | − 0.1189 | 0.1366 | 0.0708 |
| C18:3n3 | − 0.0284 | − 0.2810 | 0.1501 | − 0.1931 | 0.1059 |
| C20:4n6 | 0.0232 | 0.1968 | 0.3630* | 0.1773 | 0.0994 |
| C20:5n3 | − 0.3164* | − 0.1220 | 0.1814 | − 0.2666 | 0.1570 |
| Σ PUFA | 0.0654 | − 0.1122 | 0.0952 | − 0.0205 | 0.1804 |
| Σ UFA | 0.3460* | − 0.1348 | − 0.0451 | 0.1727 | − 0.0089 |
| Desaturase index | |||||
| C14 | − 0.1992 | 0.2462 | 0.2953 | 0.2149 | 0.1108 |
| C16 | − 0.1787 | 0.1026 | − 0.0955 | − 0.0551 | − 0.0097 |
| C18 | − 0.2240 | − 0.0752 | − 0.1707 | − 0.2658 | − 0.2314 |
| CLA | − 0.0549 | 0.0114 | − 0.0060 | − 0.1211 | − 0.1170 |
MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids; (g/100 g of fat).
*Significance at P < 0.05 was marked by an asterisk.