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Table 6 Stepwise selection of traits

From: Morphological and microsatellite DNA diversity of Nigerian indigenous sheep

Traits entered

Partial R2

F value

Pr > F

Wilk’s lambda

Pr < lambda

ASCC

Pr > ASCC

Tail length

0.4913

128.12

<0.0001

0.508710

<0.0001

0.164

<0.0001

Rump height

0.1056

15.63

<0.0001

0.454978

<0.0001

0.183

<0.0001

Chest girth

0.1055

15.49

<0.0001

0.356692

<0.0001

0.246

<0.0001

Ear length

0.0650

9.18

<0.0001

0.425392

<0.0001

0.201

<0.0001

Chest depth

0.0626

8.79

<0.0001

0.398760

<0.0001

0.212

<0.0001

  1. ASCC Average squared canonical correlation.
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