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Table 1 QTL of genome-wide significance identified by GWAS for growth and fatness traits in White Duroc × Erhualian F 2 pigs and Sutai pigs

From: Genome-wide association analyses reveal significant loci and strong candidate genes for growth and fatness traits in two pig populations

Chr 1

Trait

Abbreviation

Pop 2

N snp 3

Top SNP

Position (bp)

MAF 4

Frequency 5

Effect

P -value

Candidate gene

Duroc

Erhualian

2

Body weight at day 21

BW21

Sutai

1

ss107909052

101694375

0.05

NA

NA

0.67

2.66E-08

ARRDC3

 

Backfat thickness at the hip

HBFT

F2

4

ss131060419

920370

0.28

0.50

1.00

−0.25

2.59E-07

 

3

Body weight at day 21

BW21

Sutai

4

ss131231938

130852806

0.06

NA

NA

1.05

6.70E-08

 
 

Average daily gain from day 0 to 21

ADG0-21

Sutai

2

ss131231938

130852806

0.06

NA

NA

0.06

1.22E-08

 

4

Average backfat thickness

ABFT

F2

8

ss131269801

82850635

0.46

1.00

0.00

−0.28

8.50E-09

PLAG1

 

Backfat thickness at the first rib

FRBFT

F2

4

ss131269801

82850635

0.46

1.00

0.00

−0.31

6.04E-08

 
 

Leaf fat weight

LFW

F2

6

ss131269801

82850635

0.46

1.00

0.00

−0.31

3.80E-08

 
 

Backfat thickness at the hip

HBFT

F2

4

ss131270942

88978451

0.44

1.00

0.00

−0.32

1.46E-08

 
 

Body weight at day 21

BW21

Sutai

4

ss131247062

134935929

0.05

NA

NA

1.09

1.35E-07

 
 

Average daily gain from day 0 to 21

ADG0-21

Sutai

2

ss131247062

134935929

0.05

NA

NA

0.06

1.48E-08

 
 

Average daily gain from day 0 to 21

ADG0-21

Sutai

2

ss107817770

133079451

0.08

NA

NA

0.06

1.48E-08

 

7

Average backfat thickness

ABFT

F2

167

ss107837325

34803564

0.46

0.00

0.94

−0.62

7.63E-32

HMGA1

 

Backfat thickness at the first rib

FRBFT

F2

184

ss107837325

34803564

0.46

0.00

0.94

−0.7

3.39E-32

 
 

Leaf fat weight

LFW

F2

165

ss107837325

34803564

0.46

0.00

0.94

−0.66

2.61E-30

 
 

Backfat thickness at the hip

HBFT

F2

155

ss107837325

34803564

0.46

0.00

0.94

−0.78

6.61E-28

 
 

Backfat thickness at the last rib

LRBFT

F2

166

ss107837325

34803564

0.46

0.00

0.94

−0.57

2.17E-24

 
 

Backfat thickness at the shoulder

SBFT

F2

115

ss107837325

34803564

0.46

0.00

0.94

−0.49

1.01E-17

 
 

Abdominal fat weight

AFW

F2

121

ss107837325

34803564

0.46

0.00

0.94

−0.15

1.79E-14

 
 

Veil fat weight

VFW

F2

29

ss107806758

35177641

0.45

0.00

0.88

−0.14

4.92E-08

 
 

Body weight at day 240

BW210

F2

3

ss131342496

32957768

0.49

0.00

1.00

−5.44

6.77E-07

 

10

Average daily gain from day 0 to 21

ADG0-21

Sutai

1

ss478939281

13838740

0.08

NA

NA

0.02

8.89E-07

 

14

Average daily gain from day 0 to 21

ADG0-21

Sutai

1

ss131505908

151638018

0.09

NA

NA

0.05

4.46E-08

 

X

Backfat thickness at the hip

HBFT

F2

12

ss131561996

62086511

0.21

0.50

0.00

−0.31

6.84E-12

 
  1. 1Chromosome; 2population; 3number of SNPs that surpass the genome-wide significance level; 4minor allele frequency; 5allele frequencies of top SNPs in two Duroc founder boars and 17 Erhualian founder sows from the F2 intercross resource population; NA, not available for Sutai pigs.