In this study, the significance levels for all statistical tests were established as follows: a corrected p < 0.05 was deemed statistically significant (*), p < 0.01 as highly significant (**), p > 0.05 as non-significant (ns).
croup (BIC) of Bider horses), although the differences did not reach statistical significance ( p > 0.05), the expression levels in the dorsal midline (BIDM) and croup (BIC) tissues of Bider horses still showed a trend of being higher than those in the corresponding tissues of non-Bider horses. 3.4.