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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for runs of homozygosity (ROHs) in the four breeds studied1

From: Selective footprints and genes relevant to cold adaptation and other phenotypic traits are unscrambled in the genomes of divergently selected chicken breeds

Breed

n

Mean length of ROHs, Mb (M ± SE)

Mean number of ROHs (M ± SE)

FROH (M ± SE)

OMF

30

265.30 ± 12.21

125.20 ± 4.49ab

0.283 ± 0.013

RUW

64

206.71 ± 4.41

112.80 ± 1.57c

0.220 ± 0.005

USH

40

411.31 ± 13.46

126.50 ± 2.50a

0.438 ± 0.014

WCR

22

160.46 ± 4.43

117.82 ± 2.75bc

0.171 ± 0.005

  1. 1 Breeds: OMF Orloff Mille Fleur, RUW Russian White, USH Ushanka, WCR White Cornish. n number of individuals, M Mean value, SE Standard error, FROH inbreeding coefficient inferred from mean ROH lengths. Values with the same superscript have no significant difference