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Table 1 Prolificacy means for some sheep breeds in different parities

From: BMPR-1B, BMP-15 and GDF-9 genes structure and their relationship with litter size in six sheep breeds reared in Egypt

Breeds

Parity

Overall

1

2

3

4

5

6

Rahmani

1.17

1.00

1.33

1.50

1.17

1.50

1.28b

Barki

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.17

1.03a

RXB

1.00

1.22

1.47

1.13

1.33

1.17

1.22b

Awassi

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00a

SXA

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00a

Ossimi

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.20

1.00

1.04a

  1. a, bMeans with different superscript letters in the same column are significantly different
  2. RXB Rahmani X Barki cross, SXA Awassi X Suffolk cross