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Table 5 Post-hoc comparisons between groups of glutamate metabotropic receptor 5 gene (GRM5) genotypes and cow age-classes that had significant association with grazing personality behaviours (GP-behaviours)

From: The glutamate metabotropic receptor 5 (GRM5) gene is associated with beef cattle home range and movement tortuosity

GRM5 genotype

Cow

age-class

Marginal meana (standard error)

Degrees of freedom

BHb

(P < 0.05)

Home range, ha/d

  AB

1

9.74 (±1.52)

62

a

  AC

 

9.67 (±1.48)

55

a

  BB

 

8.16 (±1.26)

57

bcd

  BC

 

8.96 (±1.32)

50

ab

  CC

 

9.01 (±1.34)

51

ab

  AB

2

7.43 (±0.83)

23

abc

  AC

 

7.37 (±0.77)

18

ab

  BB

 

6.22 (±0.65)

18

de

  BC

 

6.83 (±0.67)

14

bcd

  CC

 

6.87 (±0.68)

14

bcd

  AB

3

6.77 (±0.80)

29

bcd

  AC

 

6.72 (±0.76)

24

bcd

  BB

 

5.67 (±0.64)

24

e

  BC

 

6.23 (±0.66)

20

cde

  CC

 

6.26 (±0.67)

20

cde

Searching pattern tortuosity, m/ha

  AB

1

434 (±73)

35

j

  AC

 

456 (±75)

33

ij

  BB

 

534 (±89)

34

cdefgh

  BC

 

495 (±80)

31

ghi

  CC

 

484 (±79)

31

hij

  AB

2

595 (±81)

17

efghi

  AC

 

626 (±83)

15

cdefgh

  BB

 

732 (±97)

15

ab

  BC

 

679 (±88)

14

abcd

  CC

 

663 (±86)

14

abcdef

  AB

3

610 (±86)

19

dfghi

  AC

 

641 (±88)

17

bcdefg

  BB

 

751 (±103)

17

a

  BC

 

696 (±93)

16

abce

  CC

 

680 (±91)

16

abcdef

  1. aResponse marginal mean in measured units (back-transformed from the log scale as needed)
  2. bDifferent letters indicate significantly different groups calculated with a pairwise comparison using the Benjamini-Hochberg method (P < 0.05)