Table 4 Functional candidate genes and previously reported QTL for backfat-related traits in the significant genomic regions

1

50.67–54.63

C, E, H

11

BFT*, DFI* (7), IMF, OI, RFI

43

CYB5R4^4,5

1

151.60–152.70

H

2

BFT*, DFI*

5

–

1

157.81–162.85

A, B, C, D, H

45

BFT* (3), BF10R (4), BFLR* (5), BFR, DFI* (13), FCR (2), IMF, LMP* (10), OI (6)

53

KDSR², MC4R⁴

1

162.86–165.33

C

1

LMP*

45

ATP8B1^2,8, SLC51B^2,8, CILP⁵, HACD3^2,3

1

268.68–271.74

A

6

AFW, BF10R (2), BFMB, BFW, FCR

83

SLC27A4^2,3,5, DOLK², DOLPP1², CRAT³

2

0.00–4.82

C

64

BFT* (19), AFW, BF10R (3), BF34R (3), BFFR, BFLL (4), BFLR* (7), BFR (7), BFW, FCR (6), LMP* (12)

138

PTDSS2², HRAS^5,6, PNPLA2^2,3, BRSK2⁵, IGF2⁴, INS^1,2,4,5, DHCR7⁷, FGF19⁴, CPT1A^2,3,5,6, GAL⁵, LRP5^1,5, CHKA²

2

60.14–62.75

E

–

–

87

SLC27A1^3,5, SIN3B²

2

65.51–66.51

E

–

–

42

GCDH³

2

68.62–69.76

A

–

–

53

RDH8⁷, CARM1^1,2

2

70.83–72.11

A

1

IMF

52

ANGPTL4^2,3, CERS4², INSR^2,4,5

2

73.34–74.42

A

–

–

25

PLIN5^1,2,3

2

75.25–76.34

A

3

BFT* (2), LMP*

35

S1PR4², GNA15², GNA11⁵

2

76.41–77.41

A

–

–

47

MKNK2⁵, ATP8B3², STK11^4,6, ABCA7²

5

18.18–20.32

E

–

–

83

SOAT2^2,7, CALCOCO1⁷

5

64.80–67.66

A, B, D, H

6

BFT*, BF34R (2), IMF(2), TGL

49

FGF23⁷

5

68.90–69.90

D

2

BFT*, BFLR*

16

HDHD5²

6

47.11–48.11

B

2

BFMD, IMF

59

SIRT2¹, ZFP36¹

6

146.99–147.99

C

14

BFT* (2), BF10R (5), BF34R, BFLL, BFLR* (3), IMF(2)

11

JAK1⁶, LEPR^4,6 (at 146.80–146.90 Mb)

7

29.60–31.39

B, C, F

23

BFT* (7), ADAR, AFW, BF34R, BF67R, BFFR, BFLR* (3), BFMB, BFR (2), FCR, LMP*, SSFT (3)

46

DAXX⁷, ITPR3⁵, PPARD^1,2,3

7

31.49–32.39

D

1

FCR

23

PNPLA1², CDKN1A⁶

11

6.53–10.07

A, C, E, H

2

BFT*, RFI

62

ALOX5AP³, MEDAG¹

12

24.85–25.87

F

2

IMF (2)

35

GIP⁵, PHB⁷, NGFR⁴

15

103.57–105.40

G

–

–

32

–

15

118.63–119.63

F

3

BFT*, DFI*, LMP*

9

IGFBP2⁵, IGFBP5⁵

16

32.99–33.99

C

10

FCR (10)

6

–

18

7.82–12.28

A, B, D, H

8

BFT* (2), BFLR*, IMF (5)

71

AGK², ATP6V0A4⁵, AKR1D1^7,8, DGKI², PTN^1,7

18

12.60–13.60

D

1

BFR

9

–