Table 4.
Association analysis between polymorphism of IL18 gene and hematologic traits of Hu sheep.
| IL18 g. 24991651 A > G | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Traits | GG | GA | AA |
| NO. | 543 | 221 | 26 |
| RBC (M/ul) | 14.21 ± 0.06b | 14.00 ± 0.09b | 14.76 ± 0.27a |
| HGB (g/dl) | 13.16 ± 0.05 | 13.05 ± 0.07 | 13.41 ± 0.21 |
| HCT (%) | 31.19 ± 0.15 | 30.72 ± 0.24 | 30.27 ± 0.70 |
| MCV (fl) | 22.10 ± 0.12a | 22.09 ± 0.19a | 20.65 ± 0.57b |
| MCH (pg) | 9.29 ± 0.03 | 9.36 ± 0.04 | 9.13 ± 0.13 |
| MCHC (g/dl) | 42.52 ± 0.20b | 42.88 ± 0.32b | 44.81 ± 0.92a |
| RDW_SD (fl) | 26.55 ± 0.14 | 26.45 ± 0.22 | 27.27 ± 0.63 |
| RDW_CV (%) | 42.59 ± 0.11ab | 42.11 ± 0.17b | 43.42 ± 0.50a |
| WBC (K/ul) | 12.21 ± 0.12 | 12.33 ± 0.19 | 11.80 ± 0.56 |
a, b
Values in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05). For a definition of the hematologic trait abbreviations, please refer to the footnote of Table 3.