Epistatic interactions associated with fatty acid concentrations of beef from angus sired beef cattle

Kramer, L. M.; Ghaffar, M. A. Abdel; Koltes, J. E.; Fritz-Waters, E. R.; Mayes, M. S.; Sewell, A. D.; Weeks, N. T.; Garrick, D. J.; Fernando, R. L.; Ma, L.; Reecy, J. M.

doi:10.1186/s12864-016-3235-8

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Table 1 The phenotypic summary statistics for TAG and PL fatty acid traits

From: Epistatic interactions associated with fatty acid concentrations of beef from angus sired beef cattle

Triacylglycerol Fatty Acids				Phospholipid Fatty Acids
Trait	Mean (N = 1721)	SD	CV	Trait	Mean (N = 1442)	SD	CV
Saturated Fatty Acids
SFA	45.8	2.5	0.05	SFA	38.44	5.26	0.14
12:0	0.13	0.19	1.46	12:0	1.4	1.8	1.28
14:0	3.08	0.51	0.16	14:0	3.33	4.55	1.37
16:0	27.35	1.75	0.06	16:0	20.2	3.49	0.17
17:0	1.42	0.39	0.28	17:0	1.75	2.6	1.48
18:0	13.23	1.9	0.14	18:0	9.88	2.51	0.25
22:0	0.02	0.06	2.73	22:0	0.85	1.07	1.26
23:0	0.01	0.06	3.84	23:0	0.17	0.43	2.47
24:0	0.03	0.08	2.83	24:0	0.45	0.66	1.45
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids
MUFA	51.57	2.56	0.05 MUFA	24.07	7.7	0.32	MUFA
14:1	0.7	0.21	0.3	14:1	0.22	0.54	2.43
16:1	3.82	0.61	0.16	16:1	0.72	0.83	1.15
17:1	1.01	0.33	0.32	17:1	1.21	1.02	0.84
18:1 cis-9	40.26	2.86	0.07	18:1 cis-9	19.31	6.71	0.35
18:1 cis-11	0.11	0.1	0.92	18:1 cis-11	0.08	0.3	3.91
18:1 cis-12	0.3	0.16	0.52	18:1 cis-12	0.04	0.35	9.22
18:1 cis-13	0.11	0.12	1.17	18:1 cis-13	0.09	0.51	5.97
18:1, trans-6/9	0.19	0.45	2.4	18:1, trans-6/9	0.04	0.33	8.29
18:1, trans-10/11	3.69	1.57	0.43	18:1, trans-10/11	0.59	1.18	2.01
18:1, trans-12	0.18	1.15	6.21	18:1, trans-12	0.03	0.19	6.48
18:1, trans-15	1.15	0.36	0.31	18:1, trans-15	1.51	1.68	1.11
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
PUFA	2.63	0.89	0.34	PUFA	37.49	8.72	0.23
18:2	2.01	0.52	0.26	18:2	25.67	6.72	0.26
18:3, n-3	0.16	0.16	0.99	18:3, n-3	0.12	0.71	5.85
20:2	0.08	0.11	1.4	20:2	0.05	0.27	5.32
20:4	0.02	0.08	3.55	20:4	8.4	2.73	0.32
20:5	0.1	0.16	1.68	20:5	0.37	0.56	1.51
22:6	0.06	0.26	4.65	22:6	0.19	0.79	4.14
CLA cis-9 trans-11	0.04	0.09	2.08	CLA cis-9 trans-11	0.06	0.6	10.08
CLA trans-10 cis-12	0.12	0.12	1.03	CLA trans-10 cis-12	0.04	0.29	6.87
n-3	0.33	0.4	1.22	n-3	2.31	2.09	0.91
n-6	2.3	0.63	0.28	n-6	35.18	8.31	0.24
Ratio/Calculation
n-6:n-3	0.14	0.15	1.05	n-6:n-3	0.07	0.07	1.07
PUFASFA	0.06	0.02	0.36	PUFASFA	1.01	0.31	0.31
MCFA	4.42	0.8	0.18	MCFA	5.21	4.01	0.77
LCFA	95.58	0.8	0.01	LCFA	94.79	4.01	0.04
IA^a	0.74	0.09	0.12	IA^a	0.59	0.33	0.56

^aIA: Index of Atherogenicity
Mean, Standard Deviation (SD), Coefficient of variation (CV) calculated for all 1,721 and 1,442 head of cattle used to identify significant epistatic interactions in triacylglyceride and phospholipids fatty acid traits respectively

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