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Table 1 Summary statistics of mean (%), standard deviation (SD, %) and heritability estimates (h2), additive genetic variance and coefficient of variation (CV, %)

From: Genome wide association study identifies SNPs associated with fatty acid composition in Chinese Wagyu cattle

Trait a

Name

Mean ± SD

Additive genetic variance

Residual variance

CV, %

h2 ± SE

Saturated FA

 C14:0

Myristic

2.97 ± 0.6

1.24E-01

2.42E-01

20.31

0.34 ± 0.16

 C16:0

Palmitic

27.46 ± 4.06

8.35E-02

1.64E+ 01

14.78

0.01 ± 0.07

 C18:0

Stearic

11.96 ± 2.65

1.32E+ 00

4.88E+ 00

22.12

0.21 ± 0.13

 C20:0

Arachidic

0.08 ± 0.02

8.60E-06

4.01E-04

24.74

0.02 ± 0.07

 C22:0

Behenic

0.02 ± 0.01

9.10E-06

2.63E-05

36.16

0.26 ± 0.16

 C24:0

Methyl tetracosanoate

0.04 ± 0.02

3.37E-05

4.44E-04

58.88

0.07 ± 0.12

Monounsaturated FA

 C14:1 cis-9

Methyl myristoleate

0.93 ± 0.3

3.77E-02

5.02E-02

32.23

0.43 ± 0.17

 C16:1 cis-9

Methyl palmitoleate

4.22 ± 0.94

5.97E-02

7.63E-01

22.17

0.07 ± 0.12

 C18:1 cis-9

Oleic

46.87 ± 4.48

5.12E+ 00

1.53E+ 01

9.55

0.25 ± 0.17

 C20:1 cis-11

cis-11-eicosenoic acid methyl ester

0.48 ± 0.14

3.10E-03

1.53E-02

28.99

0.17 ± 0.11

Polyunsaturated FA

 C18:2 n-6

Linoleic

3.84 ± 0.74

1.10E-02

5.01E-01

19.36

0.02 ± 0.07

 C18:2 c-9 t-11

cis-9 and trans-11 octadecadienoic acid methyl esters

0.3 ± 0.09

2.00E-03

1.14E-01

30.23

0.02 ± 0.19

 C18:2 c-12 t-10

cis-12 and trans-10 octadecadienoic acid methyl esters

0.03 ± 0.01

3.14E-05

1.30E-04

54.44

0.19 ± 0.14

 C18:3 n-6

Methyl γ-linoleate

0.08 ± 0.02

8.96E-05

3.00E-03

24.62

0.03 ± 0.33

 C18:3 n-3

Linolenic

0.24 ± 0.06

3.00E-04

2.90E-03

24.67

0.09 ± 0.11

 C20:2 n-6

cis-11,14-eicosadienoic acid methyl ester

0.06 ± 0.02

2.85E-05

2.53E-04

30.08

0.1 ± 0.09

 C20:3 n-3

cis-11,14,17-eicosatrienoic acid methyl ester

0.26 ± 0.14

1.90E-03

8.10E-03

53.31

0.19 ± 0.14

 C20:4 n-6

cis-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid methyl ester

0.01 ± 0

3.70E-06

1.24E-05

49.12

0.23 ± 0.15

 C20:5 n-3

cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid methyl ester

0.07 ± 0.03

4.09E-05

7.32E-04

41.3

0.05 ± 0.08

 C22:5 n-3

cis-7,10,13,16,19-docosapentaenoic methyl ester

0.06 ± 0.03

2.28E-04

1.50E-02

51.35

0.02 ± 0.38

 C22:6 n-3

cis-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid methyl ester

0.02 ± 0.02

1.00E-04

2.00E-04

69.71

0.3 ± 0.17

Fatty acid groups

 SFA

Total saturated fatty acid

42.53 ± 3.61

6.91E+ 00

6.68E+ 00

8.48

0.51 ± 0.16

 MUFA

Total monounsaturated fatty acid

52.51 ± 4.05

6.73E+ 00

9.91E+ 00

7.72

0.4 ± 0.17

 PUFA

Total polyunsaturated fatty acid

4.96 ± 0.92

1.04E-01

6.68E-01

18.51

0.13 ± 0.15

 PUFA/SFA

Ratio between PUFA and SFA

0.12 ± 0.02

7.45E-05

2.72E-04

16.84

0.21 ± 0.14

 n-3

Total omega-3 fatty acids

0.65 ± 0.18

1.40E-03

1.92E-02

27.49

0.07 ± 0.1

 n-6

Total omega-6 fatty acids

3.99 ± 0.76

7.70E-02

4.79E-01

19.12

0.14 ± 0.13

 n-6/n-3

Ratio between n-6 and n-3

6.37 ± 1.17

3.19E-01

6.75E-01

18.39

0.32 ± 0.16

 HI

Health index

1.49 ± 0.24

2.50E-02

3.31E-02

15.73

0.43 ± 0.17

  1. aThe concentrations of fatty acids were expressed as a percentage of total fatty acid methyl esters quantified