PRNP codons | Sheep breeds |
---|
136
|
154
|
171
|
Valle del Belice (%)
|
Comisana (%)
|
Pinzirita (%)
|
---|
A | R | Q | 58.9 | 47.8 | 59.2 |
A | R |
R
|
32.8
|
40.4
|
33.3
|
|
p-value
| |
(0.010)
|
(0.023)
| |
A | R |
H
| 0.8 | 2.8 | - |
A |
H
| Q | 5.3 | 1.7 | 3.3 |
V
| R | Q | 2.2 | 7.3 | 4.2 |
-
a The analysis was performed on a total of 1395 individuals of Valle del Belice, 1541 Comisana and 84 Pinzirita sheep. The haplotypes are presented in decreasing frequency; in bold are the polymorphic variant amino acid versus wild type (ARQ). For ARR haplotype we performed statistical analysis using Chi Square test with a significant level of p ≤ 0.05. In brackets the p-value results. Statistical analysis in Pinzirita was not performed