TABLE 5.

Significance of the fixed effects (sex, slaughter date, room, pen, birth year-month, and population) included in the mixed model for different datasets (CB, PB, and Combined dataset) for the pork color traits.

	CB					PB				Combined dataset
Trait	Sex	Slaughter date	Room	Pen	Birth year-month	Slaughter date	Room	Pen	Birth year-month	Sex	Slaughter date	Room	Pen	Birth year-month	population
FCOLA	**	***	NS	**	NS	*	NS	NS	*	***	***	NS	NS	NS	**
FCOLB	***	***	NS	NS	NS	***	NS	NS	***	***	***	NS	NS	NS	***
FCOLL	***	NS	NS	***	***	NS	*	NS	***	*	***	NS	NS	NS	***
QFCOLA	NS	NS	NS	NS	***	NS	NS	NS	***	NS	***	NS	NS	NS	***
QFCOLB	NS	***	NS	NS	***	NS	***	**	***	NS	***	NS	NS	NS	***
QFCOLL	NS	**	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	*	NS	NS	***	NS	*	NS	***
FMCOLA	***	NS	**	NS	***	NS	NS	NS	***	***	***	NS	NS	NS	***
FMCOLB	*	NS	NS	NS	***	***	NS	NS	***	**	***	NS	NS	NS	***
FMCOLL	NS	***	NS	NS	*	NS	NS	NS	***	NS	***	NS	NS	**	NS
TMCOLA	***	***	NS	NS	***	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TMCOLB	*	***	NS	NS	***	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TMCOLL	NS	***	NS	NS	***	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GMCOLA	NS	***	*	NS	NS	***	NS	NS	***	***	***	**	NS	NS	*
GMCOLB	NS	***	NS	NS	***	***	NS	NS	NS	*	***	NS	NS	NS	***
GMCOLL	NS	***	NS	*	*	***	NS	NS	NS	*	***	NS	NS	NS	***
ICOLA	NS	***	NS	**	***	***	NS	NS	***	*	***	NS	NS	NS	***
ICOLB	NS	***	NS	NS	NS	***	NS	NS	NS	NS	***	NS	NS	NS	***
ICOLL	NS	***	NS	NS	NS	NS	***	NS	***	***	***	*	NS	NS	***

CB, crossbred; PB, purebred; NS: non-significant. ***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1.