Table 4.

$\text{LSM (least square means)}\pm \text{SE}$ (standard error) of the litter size of three different parities in Small-tailed Han sheep with different genotypes. Note that the different subscript letters in the table indicate differences among the groups ($p<\mathrm{0.05}$).

Locus	Genotype	The first parity LS	The second parity LS	The third parity LS
		(sample size)	(sample size)	(sample size)
rs421947730	CC	$\mathrm{1.74}\pm \mathrm{0.14}$ (23)	$\mathrm{2.00}\pm \mathrm{0.22}$ (12)	$\mathrm{2.08}\pm {\mathrm{0.41}}^{\mathrm{b}}$ (4)
	CT	$\mathrm{1.91}\pm \mathrm{0.06}$ (123)	$\mathrm{2.31}\pm \mathrm{0.09}$ (71)	$\mathrm{2.70}\pm {\mathrm{0.16}}^{\mathrm{a}}$ (27)
	TT	$\mathrm{1.86}\pm \mathrm{0.04}$ (237)	$\mathrm{2.17}\pm \mathrm{0.06}$ (145)	$\mathrm{2.38}\pm {\mathrm{0.11}}^{\mathrm{b}}$ (60)
rs160510212	TT	$\mathrm{1.78}\pm \mathrm{0.22}$ (9)	$\mathrm{2.00}\pm \mathrm{0.54}$ (2)
	TC	$\mathrm{1.85}\pm \mathrm{0.07}$ (106)	$\mathrm{2.03}\pm \mathrm{0.10}$ (60)	$\mathrm{2.39}\pm \mathrm{0.17}$ (23)
	CC	$\mathrm{1.89}\pm \mathrm{0.04}$ (267)	$\mathrm{2.14}\pm \mathrm{0.06}$ (166)	$\mathrm{2.45}\pm \mathrm{0.10}$ (67)
rs429977514	TT	$\mathrm{1.93}\pm \mathrm{0.07}$ (87)	$\mathrm{2.31}\pm \mathrm{0.11}$ (45)	$\mathrm{2.69}\pm \mathrm{0.21}$ (16)
	TC	$\mathrm{1.87}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$ (191)	$\mathrm{2.16}\pm \mathrm{0.07}$ (122)	$\mathrm{2.50}\pm \mathrm{0.12}$ (48)
	CC	$\mathrm{1.82}\pm \mathrm{0.07}$ (105)	$\mathrm{2.11}\pm \mathrm{0.10}$ (61)	$\mathrm{2.32}\pm \mathrm{0.16}$ (27)
rs408772397	CC	$\mathrm{1.89}\pm \mathrm{0.04}$ (279)	$\mathrm{2.08}\pm \mathrm{0.06}$ (168)	$\mathrm{2.42}\pm \mathrm{0.11}$ (64)
	TT	$\mathrm{1.91}\pm \mathrm{0.07}$ (105)	$\mathrm{2.21}\pm \mathrm{0.10}$ (61)	$\mathrm{2.52}\pm \mathrm{0.16}$ (27)
rs426897754	GG	$\mathrm{1.78}\pm \mathrm{0.11}$ (35)	$\mathrm{1.83}\pm {\mathrm{0.18}}^{\mathrm{b}}$ (18)	$\mathrm{1.86}\pm {\mathrm{0.42}}^{\mathrm{b}}$ (4)
	GA	$\mathrm{1.87}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$ (157)	$\mathrm{2.06}\pm {\mathrm{0.08}}^{\mathrm{a}}$ (98)	$\mathrm{2.32}\pm {\mathrm{0.16}}^{\mathrm{a}}$ (28)
	AA	$\mathrm{1.90}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$ (191)	$\mathrm{2.20}\pm {\mathrm{0.07}}^{\mathrm{a}}$ (112)	$\mathrm{2.46}\pm {\mathrm{0.11}}^{\mathrm{a}}$ (57)
g.37866222C $>$ T	CC	$\mathrm{1.86}\pm \mathrm{0.04}$ (339)	$\mathrm{2.05}\pm {\mathrm{0.05}}^{\mathrm{b}}$ (196)	$\mathrm{2.34}\pm {\mathrm{0.10}}^{\mathrm{b}}$ (78)
	CT	$\mathrm{1.93}\pm \mathrm{0.10}$ (44)	$\mathrm{2.50}\pm {\mathrm{0.13}}^{\mathrm{a}}$ (32)	$\mathrm{2.87}\pm {\mathrm{0.23}}^{\mathrm{a}}$ (13)
rs1092900782	CC	$\mathrm{1.87}\pm \mathrm{0.04}$ (324)	$\mathrm{2.12}\pm \mathrm{0.05}$ (196)	$\mathrm{2.40}\pm \mathrm{0.10}$ (77)
	CA	$\mathrm{1.88}\pm \mathrm{0.09}$ (59)	$\mathrm{2.16}\pm \mathrm{0.13}$ (32)	$\mathrm{2.61}\pm \mathrm{0.22}$ (14)