Table 4. Morphometric features of Pekin and Nageswari and their crossbreds (F1) at 20th week of age

Trait1 Sex Genotype Level of sig.2
Pekin (P) Nageswari (N) P♂ × N♀ N♂ × P♀
Neck length (cm) Male 25.43a±0.102 (6) 20.43c±0.76 (7) 22.68b±0.45 (11) 22.38bc±0.61 (12) ***
Female 21.96a±0.55 (17) 20.16b±0.44 (15) 22.21a±0.31 (33) 21.38a±0.20 (37) **
Body length (cm) Male 47.93a±1.40 (6) 37.14b±1.26 (7) 45.09a±1.62 (11) 43.42a±1.56 (12) **
Female 40.76a±1.16 (17) 37.19b±0.90 (15) 40.58a±0.77 (33) 40.57a±0.61 (37) *
Wing length (cm) Male 24.42±2.08 (6) 22.29±1.13 (7) 25.82±1.25 (11) 26.29±0.70 (12) NS
Female 23.94±0.87 (17) 22.87±0.83 (15) 24.03±0.49 (33) 24.03±0.60 (37) NS
Bill length (cm) Male 7.08±0.28 (6) 6.30±0.21 (7) 7.21±0.19 (11) 6.73±0.24 (12) NS
Female 6.91a±0.12 (17) 6.01b±0.15 (15) 6.63a±0.10 (33) 6.59a±0.08 (37) ***
Shank circumference (cm) Male 4.26a±0.28 (6) 3.42b±0.22 (7) 4.04a±0.15 (11) 4.03a±0.13 (12) *
Female 4.39a±0.13 (17) 3.63c±0.10 (15) 3.96b±0.03 (33) 3.99b±0.07 (37) **
Shank length (cm) Male 6.88±0.38 (6) 6.05±0.16 (7) 6.93±0.28 (11) 6.84±0.16 (12) NS
Female 6.77±0.20 (17) 6.31±0.18 (15) 6.51±0.19 (33) 6.46±0.11 (37) NS
values in the parentheses indicate the number of observations.
different superscripts in the same row within a trait differ significantly at *= P<0.05, **= P<0.01 and ***= P<0.001; NS = Non-significant (P>0.05).