Table 3. Genetic trend for... | Emerald Publishing

Table 3.

Genetic trend for rainfall-based intercept and slope of reaction norm of Bonga and Menz sheep

Trait	Bonga-intercept		Bonga-slope		Menz-intercept		Menz-slope
Trait	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value
WT	0.003	0.638	0.002	0.702	0.0388	0.018	0.0085	0.081
ADG	0.031	0.767	0.0191	0.787	−0.0186	0.175	0.0248	0.174
KR	0.00025	0.952	0.00009	0.989	0.0127	0.086	0.0141	0.067
ARR	−0.00052	0.302	−0.00018	0.311	0.000072	0.794	0.00034	0.043
LI	−0.0043	0.581	−0.00095	0.581	−0.1448	0.085	0.0498	0.205
LSB	−0.00044	0.037	−0.00011	0.049	−0.000034	0.263	−2E-06	0.918
LSW	−1.2E-05	0.027	0.000018	0.074	0.000007	0.679	−1.4E-05	0.598
TLBW	−0.00246	0.007	−0.00006	0.881	−0.00058	0.075	−4.3E-05	0.011
TLWW	−0.00823	0.043	−3.4E-05	0.045	0.00085	0.808	−0.00014	0.789

Trait	Bonga-intercept		Bonga-slope		Menz-intercept		Menz-slope
Trait	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value	β	p-value
WT	0.003	0.638	0.002	0.702	0.0388	0.018	0.0085	0.081
ADG	0.031	0.767	0.0191	0.787	−0.0186	0.175	0.0248	0.174
KR	0.00025	0.952	0.00009	0.989	0.0127	0.086	0.0141	0.067
ARR	−0.00052	0.302	−0.00018	0.311	0.000072	0.794	0.00034	0.043
LI	−0.0043	0.581	−0.00095	0.581	−0.1448	0.085	0.0498	0.205
LSB	−0.00044	0.037	−0.00011	0.049	−0.000034	0.263	−2E-06	0.918
LSW	−1.2E-05	0.027	0.000018	0.074	0.000007	0.679	−1.4E-05	0.598
TLBW	−0.00246	0.007	−0.00006	0.881	−0.00058	0.075	−4.3E-05	0.011
TLWW	−0.00823	0.043	−3.4E-05	0.045	0.00085	0.808	−0.00014	0.789

Note(s):

β = regression coefficient

Source(s): Authors’ own work