Table 4.

Association of the 12 bp indel within bovine LOC100847835 promoter region and carcass traits of Shandong black cattle.

Carcass traits	Genotypes (mean ±SE)		P-value
	DD	ID
Male
Cervical bone (kg)	11.66 ± 0.94 (n = 25)	14.6 ± 0.57 (n = 4)	0.014
Bull collar (kg)	11.86 ± 0.36 (n = 51)	9.93 ± 1.07 (n = 10)	0.042
Tendon (kg)	8.49 ± 0.88 (n = 27)	13.00 ± 1.00 (n = 4)	0.008
Round small intestine (kg)	7.69 ± 0.17 (n = 54)	9.00 ± 0.41 (n = 10)	0.004
Topside (kg)	18.91 ± 0.71 (n = 55)	23.33 ± 2.59 (n = 10)	0.029
Female
Hollow bone (kg)	1.06 ± 0.02 (n = 218)	0.98 ± 0.03 (n = 71)	0.020
Rump steak (kg)	5.02 ± 0.09 (n = 232)	4.68 ± 0.13 (n = 73)	0.049