Genetic and physiological variation in two strains of Japanese quail

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 2 Differences in body measurements between Jumbo and Grey Japanese quail strains

Indices		Body length (cm)	Chest length (cm)	Chest girth (cm)	Thigh length (cm)	Thigh girth (cm)	Drumstick length (cm)	Drumstick girth (cm)
Quail strain	Gender	Body length (cm)	Chest length (cm)	Chest girth (cm)	Thigh length (cm)	Thigh girth (cm)	Drumstick length (cm)	Drumstick girth (cm)
Jumbo	Male	13.100	9.250	17.50	4.250	7.500	6.750	6.650
Jumbo	Female	13.000	9.175	17.75	4.625	7.650	6.750	6.875
Gray	Male	12.350	8.700	16.75	3.850	7.000	6.100	6.250
Gray	Female	12.250	9.150	16.50	4.250	6.350	5.500	6.350
SEM		0.138	0.178	0.214	0.130	0.203	0.195	0.108
Quail strain
Jumbo		13.050^a	9.213	17.625^a	4.438	7.575^a	6.750^a	6.762^a
Gray		12.300^b	8.925	16.625^b	4.050	6.675^b	5.800^b	6.300^b
SEM		0.127	0.320	0.239	0.169	0.225	0.193	0.123
Gender
Male		12.725	8.975	17.125	4.050	7.250	6.425	6.450
Female		12.625	9.163	17.125	4.438	7.000	6.125	6.612
SEM		0.110	0.277	0.207	0.146	0.195	0.167	0.106
Source of variation, p value
Quail strain		0.004	0.522	0.020	0.133	0.023	0.010	0.029
Gender		0.575	0.673	1.000	0.133	0.433	0.285	0.356
Quail strain × gender		0.970	0.558	0.460	0.957	0.228	0.285	0.714

Means in the same column within each classification bearing different letters are significantly different
SEM Standard error of means