Genetic loci inherited from hens lacking maternal behaviour both inhibit and paradoxically promote this behaviour

Table 2 Significant QTL found for incubation status and early incubation behaviour in the WL × SLK cross

Chromosome	F-ratio^a	Position (cM)	CI (cM)^b	Flanking markers around peak	Genome position (Mb)^c
Incubation status
5	7.84	100	75–123	snp_dio2_08-snp_tshr_06	39.82–40.09
E22C19W28	6.01	13	0–26	rs16687038-rs16705784	0.41–0. 84
19	5.93	1	0–16	rs15846285-rs15050199	5.16–8.08
1	5.34	70	1–175	LEI0146-MCW0112	53.19–65.12
18	5.51	0	0–25	ADL0304	1.44
Early incubation behaviour
8	11.78	21	0–42	rs16624982-rs16625404	5.93–6.63
26	7.46	0	0–66	ADL0330	1.31
1	6.16	66	3–100	LEI0146-MCW0112	53.19–65.12

^aHighest F-ratio estimated from regression analysis (genome-wide)
^bConfidence interval
^cPosition on the 2011 genome assembly (galGAL4) of the nearest flanking markers

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