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Table 4 Effect of breed type and interaction between breed type and genotypes of leptin gene on body measurements

From: Correlation analysis between polymorphism of leptin and IGFI genes and body measurements in Barki and Farafra sheep

Breed

 

Geno

Animal height

Body width

Body length

Tail width

Tail length

Body

weight

Barki

Br.*Ge. effect

TT

33.16 ± 1.8b

17.3 ± 1.3

43.8 ± 2.5b

14 ± 0.9

29.7 ± 1.1

32 ± 0.9

  

TG

39.5 ± 1.1a

18.9 ± 0.7

49.6 ± 1.5a

16.1 ± 0.6

28.8 ± 0.7

33.1 ± 0.6

  

GG

38.4 ± 1.7a

18.2 ± 1.1

46.7 ± 2.3ab

15.3 ± 0.9

30 ± 1

33.4 ± 0.9

 

Br. effect

Barki

37 ± 0.9

18.2 ± 0.6*

46.7 ± 1.3

15.1 ± 0.5*

29.5 ± 0.5*

32.8 ± 0.5

  

Farafra

51 ± 1.1*

8.9 ± 0.7

47.9 ± 1.4

8.7 ± 0.6

25.6 ± 0.6

32.6 ± 0.5

Farafra

Br.*Ge. effect

TT

50.6 ± 2.6

8.6 ± 1.8

47.7 ± 3.6

8.7 ± 1.4

26.7 ± 1.6

32 ± 1.3

  

TG

50.4 ± 1.3

8.7 ± 0.9

47.4 ± 1.8

8.5 ± 0.7

24.3 ± 0.8

31 ± 0.7

  

GG

51.8 ± 1.1

9.4 ± 0.8

48.7 ± 1.6

8.8 ± 0.6

25.9 ± 0.7

32.8 ± 0.6

  1. Br.*Ge. Effect: breed and genotype interaction effect, Geno.: genotype, all value within table were expressed as mean ± S.E., a,b,c alphabetic indicates to significant between means of three leptin genotypes at p<0.05, and * indicates to significant between means of two breeds at p<0.05