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Table 3 QTL regions (in Mb) with strong evidence for the peak SNP and corresponding candidate genes in the Blonde d’Aquitaine breed

From: Insights into the genetic variation of maternal behavior and suckling performance of continental beef cows

Trait

Chra

Start–end positions (in Mb)

Peak position (Mb)

Peak logBF

Contribution to rb (%)

Candidate gene

MB

6

2.362–2.974

2.486743

8.3

18.8

NPY1R, NPY5R

MB

26

31.569–32.67

32.099795

8.2

21.5

ADRA2A

US

6

88.485–88.959

88.922396

16.3

42.5

GC

MY

5

28.577–29.137

29.072132

13.4

15.2

SLC11A2

MY

6

88.485–89.223

88.919352

14.4

20.6

GC

MY

10

69.747–72.705

70.306697

12.8

20.8

–

MY

13

82.728–84.013

83.805618

12.1

14.7

DOK5

MY

20

3.861–7.327

5.504819

13.2

19.3

–

MY

27

42.375–43.266

42.896895

13.4

15.9

UBE2E2

  1. MB maternal behavior, US udder score, MY milk yield
  2. aChromosome
  3. br is the accuracy of the genomic prediction for the reference population