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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for skatole and androstenone

From: Analysis of the genetics of boar taint reveals both single SNPs and regional effects

Ā 

Skatole

Androstenone

Mean (Ī¼g/g)

0.32

1.05

Sd (Ī¼g/g)

0.24

0.93

Range (Ī¼g/g)

0.02-2.49

0.06-9.23

Effect of slaughter weight (sig of effect)Ļ®

āˆ’0.0089 (3.43 E-05)

āˆ’0.023 (0.0007)

Effect of meat percentage (sig of effect)Ļ®

āˆ’0.048 (9.1 E-12)

āˆ’0.026 (0.06)

h2pedigree (se)

0.39 (0.03)Ļ®Ļ®

0.52 (0.09)

h2snp (se)

0.07 (0.01)

0.35 (0.08)

  1. Data from 938 progeny of 128 sires and 441 dams.
  2. Ļ®Covariate effects estimated in LMM using log trait.
  3. h2pedigree refers to narrow sense heritability estimated in a linear mixed model using GRM estimated from pedigree relationships.
  4. Ļ®Ļ®Narrow sense heritability estimated for skatole using pedigree relationships from 6000 individuals.
  5. h2SNP refers to narrow sense heritability estimated in a linear mixed model using GRM estimated from SNP genotypes.
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BMC Genomics

ISSN: 1471-2164

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