Effect of two non-synonymous ecto-5′-nucleotidase variants on the genetic architecture of inosine 5′-monophosphate (IMP) and its degradation products in Japanese Black beef

Table 3 Descriptive statistics, the results of genetic analysis, and the effect of ecto-5′-nucleotidase (NT5E) for inosine 5′-monophosphate (IMP) and its degradation products in beef

Traits^a				Genetic analysis			NT5E effect
	Descriptive statistics			Variance components^b		Heritability	Q haplotype substitution effect	Proportion^c
	N	Mean	SD	Vg	Vp	Heritability	Q haplotype substitution effect	Vg	Vp
IMP	571	0.40	0.21	0.018 (0.007)	0.038 (0.003)	0.48 (0.15)	0.13 (0.01)	0.46	0.22
Inosine	573	0.81	0.15	0.008 (0.003)	0.023 (0.002)	0.34 (0.14)	−0.07 (0.01)	0.30	0.10
Hypoxanthine	570	2.03	0.30	0.021 (0.011)	0.085 (0.006)	0.25 (0.13)	−0.12 (0.02)	0.33	0.08

^aUnit is μmol/g meat. Standard errors are shown in parentheses
^bV_g, Genetic variance; V_p, Phenotypic variance
^cThe proportion of V_g and V_p explained by the Q haplotype substitution effect

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