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Table 1 Trait names and acronyms (a = adult and y = yearling), number of records and units of measure

From: A conditional multi-trait sequence GWAS discovers pleiotropic candidate genes and variants for sheep wool, skin wrinkle and breech cover traits

Trait acronym

Full description

Units of measure

Number of records

ygfw

Yearling greasy fleece weight

kg

6741

agfw

Adult greasy fleece weight

kg

4307

ycfw

Yearling clean fleece weight

kg

6105

acfw

Adult clean fleece weight

kg

3096

ysl

Yearling staple length

mm

4644

asl

Adult staple length

mm

3159

yfd

Yearling mean fibre diameter

μm

6359

afd

Adult mean fibre diameter

μm

3157

ydcv

Yearling fibre diameter coefficient of variation

%

6365

adcv

Adult fibre diameter coefficient of variation

%

3158

ycuv

Yearling mean fibre curvature

°/mm

4203

acuv

Adult mean fibre curvature

°/mm

3187

yss

Yearling staple strength

N/k tex

4639

ass

a. staple strength

N/k tex

3155

ebwr

Breech wrinkle

1–5 score

7218

ebcov

Breech cover

1–5 score

5747