Research Article

Artificial Neural Network-Based Identification of Associations between UCP2 and UCP3 Gene Polymorphisms and Meat Quantity Traits

Table 4

Effect of UCP1 gene polymorphism () on meat quantity traits.

Diplotypes (mean ± SE)Meat quantity traits
BH (cm)HW (cm)CW (kg)DP (%)

AA (n = 40)139.3 ± 1.546.8 ± 1.04257.03 ± 9.9a52.3 ± 1.1a
AC (n = 47)138.7 ± 1.246.07 ± 0.8266.6 ± 7.8ab53.5 ± 0.9ab
BC (n = 56)141.1 ± 1.046.8 ± 0.6281.2 ± 6.5b55.5 ± 0.5b
CC (n = 46)139.8 ± 1.246.8 ± 0.8255.1 ± 8.2a53.1 ± 0.9ab
CD (n = 26)139.0 ± 1.548.6 ± 1.04252.04 ± 9.9a54.5 ± 1.1ab
value0.50.450.040.11

Superscripts a and b used in the above Table 4 show significant difference (). BH: body height; HW: hip width; CW: carcass weight; DP: dressing percentage; SE: standard error of means.