Genome-wide association study for T lymphocyte subpopulations in swine

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Descriptive statistics analysis and estimates of variance components of immune traits in piglets

Trait	Test Day	Mean	Standard Deviation	CV(%)	Variance component of genetic effect	Variance component of litter effect
CD4-CD8- T %	20	36.2^a	25.98	71.76	32.65	33.28
	35	35.7 ^a	10.77	30.18
CD4+CD8+ T %	20	8.11 ^a	3.70	45.63	3.43	3.54
	35	11.23^b	5.06	45.07
CD4+CD8- T %	20	19.87 ^a	7.76	39.08	2.90	8.26
	35	16.38^b	7.28	44.42
CD4-CD8+ T %	20	36.8 ^a	13.57	36.88	6.88	35.45
	35	36.77 ^a	11.53	31.37
CD4+ T %	20	27.92 ^a	8.64	30.94	20.14	10.35
	35	27.64 ^a	8.83	31.96
CD8+ T %	20	44.93 ^a	14.14	31.47	2.44	48.44
	35	47.96^b	12.57	26.22
CD4+ / CD8+	20	0.72 ^a	0.39	54.2	0.74E-02	0.81E-02
	35	0.63^b	0.29	46.71

Note: In the third column, different letters in superscript denote significant difference between ages 20 and 35 for the same trait.

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