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Table 2 Regional heritability (h2w) for bone traits, for windows of the genome that were significant at both the genome-wide (p < 0.05) and suggestive levels

From: Genome-wide association reveals QTL for growth, bone and in vivo carcass traits as assessed by computed tomography in Scottish Blackface lambs

 

Chr

Windows

Start_position

End_position

LRTa

H2w

Bone weight

6

12

30301209

36839547

9.38

0.05

6

13

33493183

39305012

12.46

0.06

6

14

36914376

41901628

11.34

0.06

19

1

286449

6216575

9.94

0.06

Bone weight accounting live weight

6

6

15078062

20110817

9.88

0.09

6

7

17621458

22303956

10.06

0.08

6

10

24995206

30283083

9.52

0.08

6

11

27872427

33467474

14.82

0.13

6

12

30301209

36839547

15

0.07

6

13

33493183

39305012

12.06

0.05

6

14

36914376

41901628

11.14

0.05

Bone area at ischium

6

9

22323737

27784139

10.92

0.11

6

10

24995206

30283083

23.68

0.12

6

11

27872427

33467474

26.2

0.13

6

12

30301209

36839547

26.6

0.10

6

13

33493183

39305012

29.06

0.08

6

14

36914376

41901628

28.94

0.08

6

15

39327441

44214759

14.94

0.07

Bone area at ischium accounting for live weight

6

10

24995206

30283083

18.48

0.09

6

11

27872427

33467474

21.1

0.09

6

12

30301209

36839547

21

0.08

6

13

33493183

39305012

20.68

0.06

6

14

36914376

41901628

21.32

0.06

6

15

39327441

44214759

11.48

0.06

Bone area at 5th lumbar vertebra accounting for live weight

6

5

12560057

17588020

9.14

0.08

6

6

15078062

20110817

11.38

0.10

6

7

17621458

22303956

11.6

0.08

Bone density at ischium

7

28

73086813

78504393

9.44

0.10

7

29

75173621

81259598

10.12

0.10

Bone density at ischium accounting for live weight

6

13

33493183

39305012

12.76

0.05

11

16

50499706

57193316

9.16

0.06

Bone density at 5th lumbar vertebra

12

9

23152711

28032557

10.94

0.07

12

10

25524368

30167375

10.56

0.08

24

7

20406106

28037384

9.92

0.08

24

8

24040495

31229367

15.98

0.11

Bone density at 8th thoracic vertebra

3

24

64458505

69730945

12.18

0.09

3

25

66881852

72060440

11.9

0.06

3

26

69775020

75107095

9.62

0.07

22

2

4058030

8888071

9.4

0.08

Bone density at 8th thoracic vertebra accounting for live weight

3

23

61850473

66786673

9.18

0.09

3

24

64458505

69730945

16.04

0.13

3

25

66881852

72060440

14.9

0.08

3

26

69775020

75107095

13.58

0.09

  1. Chr chromosome
  2. aThe genome-wide LRT threshold was equal to 13.54, corresponding to a p value less than 1.17 × 10−4 and the suggestive LRT threshold was equal to 9.27, corresponding to a p value less than 2.33 × 10−3