Table 3 Epistatic QTL effects, locations and phenotypic variance explained for body composition traits in a chicken line divergently selected for low or high growth
Chromosome | Interacting QTL positions | 2LogBF | Epistatic Effect | Variance explained by Epistatic QTL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Breast meat yield | ||||
2/5 | 331.6/86.8 | 9.49 | 165.00 | 3.92 |
2/7 | 256.0/101.0 | 10.54 | 251.00 | 3.34 |
5/7 | 132.5/89.0 | 13.36 | 148.00 | 5.57 |
7/7 | 62.3/91.0 | 14.12 | 113.10 | 10.01 |
11/11 | 6.2/16.5 | 9.31 | 129.50 | 4.54 |
Pectoralis major weight | ||||
2/3 | 315.0/70.4 | 8.34 | 209.70 | 3.39 |
2/5 | 329.0/82.6 | 9.30 | 157.20 | 4.70 |
2/7 | 307.0/133.0 | 9.95 | 276.20 | 3.98 |
5/7 | 107.7/72.9 | 12.78 | 157.00 | 6.58 |
7/7 | 39.6/77.0 | 13.95 | 100.30 | 7.28 |
Pectoralis major yield | ||||
2/2 | 284.0/313.0 | 6.80 | 205.00 | 3.17 |
2/5 | 292.4/63.6 | 8.63 | 143.00 | 3.32 |
5/7 | 20.1/68.6 | 13.92 | 81.00 | 8.29 |
5/9 | 30.4/40.1 | 12.25 | 36.00 | 2.81 |
7/7 | 39.6/68.6 | 12.93 | 103.00 | 8.16 |
Pectoralis minor weight | ||||
2/5 | 290.3/14.0 | 20.16 | 109.20 | 7.63 |
2/11 | 290.3/41.0 | 16.88 | 60.26 | 8.52 |
5/11 | 69.9/14.4 | 17.49 | 35.80 | 4.09 |
10/17 | 42.0/6.3 | 15.84 | 28.40 | 3.20 |
11/17 | 26.8/21.0 | 17.75 | 21.05 | 4.98 |
Pectoralis minor yield | ||||
2/4 | 294.5/14.0 | 15.47 | 119.59 | 7.60 |
2/5 | 288.2/2.0 | 20.32 | 94.30 | 7.70 |
2/17 | 294.5/21.0 | 19.82 | 123.23 | 6.69 |
5/11 | 10.0/18.5 | 17.88 | 26.77 | 2.85 |
11/17 | 22.6/21.0 | 18.06 | 16.96 | 5.69 |
Thigh + drumstick weight | ||||
1/1 | 40.9/436.7 | 13.12 | 264.50 | 6.80 |
1/5 | 42.9/65.7 | 12.70 | 135.00 | 6.69 |
1/27 | 106.0/0.0 | 17.10 | 161.60 | 8.11 |
3/5 | 266.7/48.9 | 12.89 | 144.10 | 3.55 |
7/27 | 151.0/0.0 | 19.98 | 68.10 | 3.94 |
Thigh + drumstick yield | ||||
1/1 | 47.0/416.4 | 13.57 | 264.21 | 6.73 |
1/7 | 128.0/6.4 | 15.67 | 127.74 | 5.64 |
1/27 | 104.0/0.0 | 17.52 | 101.12 | 8.09 |
2/7 | 91.0/6.4 | 10.33 | 127.74 | 4.68 |
10/27 | 53.0/0.0 | 16.74 | 9.52 | 4.23 |
Fat weight | ||||
1/1 | 196.0/529.2 | 14.16 | 522.00 | 10.62 |
1/11 | 210.2/39.0 | 9.48 | 469.00 | 7.80 |
1/15 | 206.0/20.5 | 14.1 | 561.50 | 12.26 |
1/18 | 194.0/10.6 | 6.18 | 511.40 | 16.60 |
2/18 | 286.1/14.9 | 6.84 | 492.30 | 10.81 |
Fat yield | ||||
1/2 | 229.0/284.0 | 16.37 | 98.97 | 17.11 |
2/2 | 192.0/288.0 | 14.87 | 89.41 | 17.43 |
2/6 | 292.4/73.0 | 17.49 | 82.27 | 24.73 |
2/27 | 292.4/0.0 | 20.15 | 1.68 | 12.06 |
5/6 | 20.1/75.0 | 16.17 | 49.50 | 11.01 |