Association between coat colour and the behaviour of Australian Labrador retrievers

Table 3 Comparing scores for 21 behavioural traits in 63 genotyped Labrador retrievers using Kruskal-Wallis nonparametric test

Behaviour Trait	P - colour	P - TYRP1	P- MC1R
Agitated when ignored	0.657	0.961	0.535
Attachment/Attention-seeking behaviour	0.673	0.347	0.331
Barking	0.800	0.843	0.825
Chasing behaviour	0.416	0.528	0.797
Coprophagia	0.100	0.344	0.054
Dog-directed aggression	0.922	0.954	0.990
Dog-directed fear	0.373	0.186	0.740
Energy levels	0.667	0.527	0.763
Excitability	0.998	0.532	0.742
Familiar dog aggression	0.040	0.130	0.029
Licking behaviour	0.486	0.747	0.620
Mounting behaviour	0.683	0.783	0.858
Noise fear	0.397	0.276	0.892
Non-social fear	0.302	0.172	0.913
Owner-directed aggression	0.183	0.406	0.243
Separation-related behaviour	0.981	0.935	0.857
Stranger-directed aggression	0.698	0.542	0.515
Stranger-directed fear	0.249	0.133	0.243
Touch sensitivity	0.545	0.730	0.497
Trainability	0.527	0.033	0.787
Unusual behaviours	0.328	0.544	0.431

P - colour: chi-square probability comparing black, yellow and chocolate Labradors
P - TYRP1 genotype: chi-square probability comparing BB, Bb and bb genotype
P - MC1R: genotype: chi-square probability comparing EE, Ee and ee genotype
Probability in bold typeface indicates P <0.05

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