Table 4
Least square means and standard errors for carcass characteristics of the MSU Duroc × Pietrain F2 resource population separated by IGFBP2 genotypes

TraitsNumberGenotypes
AAABBB
Off-farm body weight, kg408114.16 ± 2.31112.78 ± 1.06113.09 ± 1.06
Hot carcass weight, kg40882.56 ± 1.7882.25 ± 0.7982.58 ± 0.78
Dressing percent40872.30 ± 0.4972.94 ± 0.2272.96 ± 0.22
Carcass length, cm40878.32 ± 0.5878.54 ± 0.2278.62 ± 0.22
First-rib backfat, mm37240.35 ± 1.8441.50 ± 0.9941.03 ± 0.97
10th-rib backfat, mm43324.08 ± 1.5324.33 ± 0.6523.94 ± 0.63
Last-rib backfat, mm40828.93 ± 1.5828.75 ± 0.8828.76 ± 0.87
Last-lumbar vertebra backfat, mm40822.30 ± 1.5822.52 ± 0.7122.53 ± 0.71
LMA at 10th rib, cm240439.33 ± 1.0640.37 ± 0.3440.73 ± 0.32
Number of ribs in carcass29815.08 ± 0.1714.84 ± 0.0614.87 ± 0.05
Ham weight, kg4089.93 ± 0.139.75 ± 0.069.81 ± 0.06
Loin weight, kg4088.27 ± 0.178.24 ± 0.098.31 ± 0.09
Boston shoulder weight, kg4083.78 ± 0.123.80 ± 0.093.81 ± 0.09
Picnic shoulder weight, kg4083.81 ± 0.123.87 ± 0.103.89 ± 0.10
Belly weight, kg4085.09 ± 0.105.05 ± 0.055.04 ± 0.05
Spareribs weight, kg4081.49 ± 0.041.50 ± 0.021.50 ± 0.02