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Table 6 Most significant (in italics) and suggestive SNPs in identified vQTL for litter size variabilitya

From: Evaluation of the phenotypic and genomic background of variability based on litter size of Large White pigs

SSC

Name

Position (Mb)

MAF

SNP effect (with SE)

Genetic variance explained

Phenotypic variance explained

− log(p-value)

SNP location

Candidate genes

Previously detected QTL

7

AX-116317026

36.25

0.016

0.055 (0.013)

0.007

0.002

4.59

Non-coding

Nonea

Birthweight variability [66]; number mummified piglets [67]; age at puberty [68]

AX-116317099

36.59

0.470

0.022 (0.004)

0.016

0.004

5.93

Non-coding

NCR2

AX-116317136

36.72

0.480

− 0.020 (0.004)

0.014

0.004

5.36

Non-coding

FOXP4

AX-116317145

36.74

0.310

− 0.025 (0.005)

0.019

0.005

5.60

Non-coding

FOXP4

AX-116317156

36.79

0.310

− 0.026 (0.005)

0.019

0.005

5.76

Exon

FOXP4

AX-116317159

36.80

0.490

0.017 (0.004)

0.011

0.003

4.88

Non-coding

MDFI; FOXP4

AX-116317341

37.52

0.332

0.017 (0.004)

0.008

0.002

4.06

Intron

TRERF1

AX-116317343

37.53

0.332

0.017 (0.004)

0.008

0.002

4.06

Intron

TRERF1

AX-116317552

38.26

0.361

0.017 (0.004)

0.009

0.002

4.04

Intron

CUL9

AX-116317553

38.26

0.361

0.017 (0.004)

0.009

0.002

4.05

Intron

CUL9

AX-116689108

41.80

0.010

0.110 (0.016)

0.018

0.005

11.57

Non-coding

ADGRF1; ADGRF5

7

AX-116320104

50.68

0.312

0.020 (0.004)

0.012

0.003

5.15

Non-coding

Nonea

Teat number [71]; number mummified piglets [67]

AX-116320268

51.43

0.248

0.019 (0.005)

0.009

0.002

4.41

Intron

SH3GL3

AX-116320489

52.20

0.345

0.017 (0.004)

0.009

0.002

4.25

Non-coding

FSD2; AP3B2

AX-116320491

52.20

0.332

0.02 (0.004)

0.012

0.003

5.10

Non-coding

FSD2; AP3B2

AX-116320493

52.21

0.330

0.021 (0.004)

0.013

0.003

5.43

Intron

AP3B2

AX-116689308

52.22

0.332

0.019 (0.004)

0.011

0.003

4.71

Intron

AP3B2

AX-116320498

52.22

0.332

0.019 (0.004)

0.011

0.003

4.53

Intron

AP3B2

AX-116320499

52.23

0.339

0.020 (0.004)

0.012

0.003

5.30

Intron

AP3B2

AX-116320501

52.23

0.331

0.019 (0.004)

0.011

0.003

4.53

Intron

AP3B2

AX-116320502

52.23

0.242

0.019 (0.005)

0.009

0.002

4.52

Intron

AP3B2

AX-116321160

57.08

0.069

− 0.028 (0.007)

0.007

0.002

4.00

Non-coding

PSTPIP1; RCN2

AX-116321525

58.97

0.057

− 0.035 (0.008)

0.009

0.002

4.35

Intron

ARID3B

11

AX-116416565

5.71

0.018

− 0.048 (0.012)

0.006

0.002

4.30

Intron

FLT1

Teat number [72]; number mummified piglets [67]; uterine horn length [73]

AX-116416787

6.87

0.036

0.041 (0.010)

0.008

0.002

4.43

Non-coding

None4

AX-116416839

7.04

0.05

0.038 (0.008)

0.009

0.002

5.50

Intron

KATNAL1

AX-116416845

7.08

0.036

0.041 (0.010)

0.008

0.002

4.49

Intron

KATNAL1

AX-116779844

7.30

0.036

0.041 (0.010)

0.008

0.002

4.53

Non-coding

USPL1

AX-116416878

7.32

0.038

0.038 (0.010)

0.007

0.002

4.14

Non-coding

USPL1

AX-116779846

7.37

0.039

0.037 (0.009)

0.007

0.002

4.28

Non-coding

USPL1; ALOX5AP

AX-116851433

7.39

0.039

0.037 (0.009)

0.007

0.002

4.28

Non-coding

USPL1; ALOX5AP

AX-116650934

8.77

0.231

0.020 (0.005)

0.01

0.003

4.16

Non-coding

FRY; ZAR1L

  1. SSC Sus Scrofa chromosomes; two clusters of SNPs on SSC7 and one on SSC11 present confirmed candidate QTL regions
  2. MAF minor allele frequency
  3. aObtained with Double Hierarchical GLM
  4. bWithin ± 50 kb