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Table 1 Plasma thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3′-triiodothyronine (T3) levels in HG and LG chickens

From: Transcriptional profiling and pathway analysis reveal differences in pituitary gland function, morphology, and vascularization in chickens genetically selected for high or low body weight

 

Week 1

Week 3

Week 5

Week 7

bP-values

Line x Age

Line

Age

aT4 (ng/ml)

    

0.0268

0.1154

0.0151

 HG

24.9 ± 0.9

28.7 ± 1.2

27.9 ± 1.9

32.1 ± 0.5*

   

 LG

23.2 ± 1.4

29.9 ± 1.1

29.0 ± 2.2

24.2 ± 2.3*

   

aT3 (ng/ml)

    

0.4427

0.0035

0.0027

 HG

3.0 ± 0.2

2.7 ± 0.3

2.1 ± 0.1

2.2 ± 0.1

   

 LG

2.3 ± 0.2

2.2 ± 0.1

1.9 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.2

   
  1. aValues are mean ± SEM for n = 4 birds per line
  2. bWhen the two-way ANOVA demonstrated a significant line-by-age interaction (P ≤ 0.05), the presence of an asterisk (*) denotes a significant difference between the lines at the indicated age (P ≤ 0.05)
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BMC Genomics

ISSN: 1471-2164

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