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Table 3 Results of the linkage analysis for RTS-associated hair pigmentation and pigmentation traits within a half-sib backcross (BC) design for each of the two sire sib ships

From: Epistatic interactions between at least three loci determine the “rat-tail” phenotype in cattle

BTA

Trait

Positiona

F value

p value

q value

CI (Mb)

Sire

Locus effect

Est. effect

SE

3

Hair length variation (HLV)

83

9.35

0.0303

ns

13.0–113.0

2

−0.63

0.20

5

Hair structure (HS)

20

10.93

0.0130

ns

8.0–105.5

1

−1.01

0.31

5

Hair density (HD)

18

14.80

0.0033

ns

5.0–63.0

1

−0.66

0.18

5

Hair length variation (HLV)

18

11.42

0.0126

ns

4.0–80.0

1

−0.70

0.21

5

Level of coat colour dilution (Dilu)

18

11.17

0.0116

ns

10.0–116.0

1

0.38

0.12

5

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

49

13.16

0.0072

ns

15.0–65.0

1

−0.67

0.18

8

Hair structure (HS)

44

10.49

0.0210

ns

8.0–107.0

1

−0.99

0.30

8

Hair length variation (HLV)

38

10.25

0.0201

ns

4.0–101.0

1

−0.69

0.21

8

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

13

9.01

0.0366

ns

8.0–94.0

1

−0.56

0.19

9

Hair structure (HS)

90

9.20

0.0205

ns

57.0–98.0

2

0.74

0.25

9

Hair density (HD)

98

7.97

0.0371

ns

50.0–103.0

2

0.56

0.20

9

Hair length variation (HLV)

90

10.24

0.0147

ns

35.0–96.0

2

0.64

0.20

9

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

98

8.42

0.0326

ns

41.0–101.0

2

0.50

0.17

10

Hair structure (HS)

96

18.08

0.0011

0.0207

10.0–98.0

1

1.24

0.29

10

Hair density (HD)

96

12.48

0.0076

ns

39.0–103.0

1

0.60

0.17

10

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

94

10.51

0.0160

ns

0.0–103.0

1

0.61

0.19

13

Hair density (HD)

58

14.53

0.0026

ns

23.0–62.0

2

0.73

0.19

13

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

42

12.47

0.0067

ns

23.0–70.0

2

0.59

0.17

14

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

36

9.80

0.0170

ns

13.0–75.0

2

−0.53

0.17

18

Hair structure (HS)

46

10.72

0.0104

ns

0.0–51.0

2

0.80

0.25

18

Hair length variation (HLV)

43

14.55

0.0030

ns

12.0–48.0

2

0.76

0.20

18

Level of coat colour dilution (Dilu)

46

15.19

0.0020

ns

40.0–56.0

2

−0.39

0.10

19

Hair structure (HS)

8

9.42

0.0250

ns

7.0–53.0

1

0.95

0.31

20

Hair density (HD)

70

14.05

0.0025

ns

44.0–70.0

2

−0.71

0.19

20

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

57

19.33

0.0003

0.009

46.5–70.0

2

−0.71

0.16

23

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

6

9.07

0.0192

ns

3.0–51.0

2

0.51

0.17

25

Hair structure (HS)

5

10.25

0.0127

ns

0.0–36.0

1

0.98

0.31

25

Hair density (HD)

5

8.29

0.0265

ns

2.0–39.0

1

0.51

0.18

25

Hair length variation (HLV)

5

10.19

0.0108

ns

1.0–36.0

1

0.67

0.21

25

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

4

9.00

0.0194

ns

0.0–40.0

1

0.57

0.19

26

Hair density (HD)

36

9.01

0.0220

ns

0.0–48.0

1

−0.53

0.18

29

Hair density (HD)

47

8.71

0.0226

ns

0.0–49.0

1

−0.52

0.18

29

RTS classification phenotype (RT)

47

10.51

0.0124

ns

3.0–49.0

1

−0.60

0.19

  1. aPosition in Mb; p value: chromosome-wide significance, q value: genome-wide significance, ns: not significant, Sire: sire family significantly segregating for the respective locus, CI: 95 % confidence interval in Mb, Est. effect: estimated locus effects and the respective standard error (SE)