Association of a 7.9 kb Endogenous Retrovirus Insertion in Intron 1 of CD36 with Obesity and Fat Measurements in Sheep

Table 2 Ov-ERV-R13-CD36 genotypes and their association with Obesity (OB)/ Body Condition Score (BCS) in the studied sheep breeds.

Trait/ genotype	ONH-RSA¹	RSA-GI²	SLA³	*Ov-ERV-R13-CD36***			OB/ BCS
Breeds	No.	No.	No.	RIP^+/+ (*Pres)*	RIP^−/− (*Abs*)	RIP^+/− (*Pres/Abs*)	Mean	Condition	p-values
Barki	366	24	6	16.67%	29.17%	54.16%	2.73±0.25^c	Thin ~ Average	< 0.001
Rahmani	198	24	6	0.00%	100.00%	0.00%	4.62±0.48^a	Obese	< 0.001
Rahmani x Barki	426	24	6	4.17%	83.33%	12.50%	3.96±0.33^b	Fat	0.259
Awassi	143	24	6	0.00%	0.00%	100.00%	3.15±0.75^d	Average	0.088
Ossimi	112	24	6	0.00%	16.66%	83.34%	3.25±0.26^d	Average	0.479
Romanov x Rahmani	110	24	6	0.00%	100.00%	0.00%	4.51±0.38^a	Obese	< 0.001
Total	1,355	144	36	6	75	63	----	----	----

¹ONH-RSA: The number of individuals per herd remains consistent under identical feeding and weather conditions were randomly selected at the same age to measure Obesity (OB) and Body Condition Score (BCS)
²RSA-GI: Randomly selected Animals for Genetic Investigation
³SLA: Slaughtered Animals.

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