Table 2 Candidate genes located within GWS QTL regions and discussed in the paper

2a

41501759 - 41519677

De Fabiani et al., 2010

Cytochrome P450, subfamily IIR, polypeptide 1

CYP2R1

2b

10440795-104856025

Rodriquez-Agudo et al., 2008

START domain containing 4, sterol regulated

STARD4

3a

39059355 - 39072049

Gumus et al., 2008

Interleukin Alpha 1

IL1A

3a

42095144 - 42118620

Horibata & Sugimoto, 2010

START domain containing 7, sterol regulated

STARD7

3a

44005314 - 44096991

Bray et al., 2009

UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase 1

UXS1

4

47901914-47937394

Amills et al., 2005

2,4-alpha-dienoyl-CoA reductase 1

DECR1

4

47870808-47893791

Opperman et al., 1992

Calbindin 1, 28kDa

CALB1

5

hsa12: 56114151-56118525*

Wang et al. 1999

Retinol dehydrogenase

Rdh5

5

hsa12: 57157108- 57181574*

Moeller & Adamski, 2006

Hydroxysteroid (17-beta) dehydrogenase 6 homolog

HSD17B6

7a

27908299 - 27911241

Crawford et al., 1992

cytochrome P450, fam. 21,subfam. A, polypeptide 2 iso a

CYP21/CYP21A2

7b

64454785 - 64461043

Diaz & Squires, 2000

cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 1

CYP1A1

7b

hsa15:74630100 - 74660081*

Miller, 1995

cytochrome P450, family 11, subfamily A, polypeptide 1

CYP11A1

7c

127029340-127072433

Wiebe et al., 2010

vaccinia related kinase 1

VRK1

7a^s

64280270 - 64285232

Lanza and Yost, 2001

cytochrome P450, family 1, subfamily A, polypeptide 2

CYP1A2

13

19112438 - 19141042

Bahn et al., 2005

solute carrier family 22, member 14

SLC22A14

13

19146069 - 19153361

Bahn et al., 2005

solute carrier family 22, member 13

SLC22A13

14

148132846-148145308

Babol et al., 1998

cytochrome P450, family 2, subfamily E, polypeptide 1

CYP2E1

15

64064865-64074555

Christoffersen et al., 2010

Glucagon

GCG

15

hsa8: 38000226-38008783*

Christenson & Strauss, 2000

Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

STAR