Table 2 Pearson`s correlation coefficients between traits in reproductive adipose tissue, liver and muscle of BXD RI strains

Epididymal adipose tissue

1: total fat (15084)

2: saturated fat (15083)

0.998 ***

3: unsaturated fat (15082)

0.998 ***

0.998 ***

4: saturated to unsaturated fat ratio (15086)

0.436

0.438

0.384

5: acyl chain length (15085)

0.894 ***

0.897 ***

0.893 ***

0.306

6: collagen (15089)

0.999 ***

0.999 ***

0.998 ***

0.425

0.898 ***

7: collagen integrity (15090)

−0.885 ***

−0.886 ***

−0.893 ***

−0.231

−0.91 ***

−0.893 ***

8: lipid to protein ratio (15087)

0.911 ***

0.908 ***

0.899 ***

0.489

0.804 ***

0.903 ***

−0.784 ***

Liver

9: total fat (15092)

−0.201

−0.2

−0.21

−0.083

−0.18

−0.218

0.291

−0.054

10: saturated fat (15091)

−0.221

−0.22

−0.23

−0.091

−0.175

−0.238

0.289

−0.075

0.986 ***

11: acyl chain length (15093)

−0.203

−0.202

−0.215

−0.039

−0.148

−0.219

0.325

−0.076

0.873 ***

0.822 ***

12: collagen (15096)

0.316

0.309

0.326

−0.089

0.333

0.309

−0.343

0.279

0.07

0.001

0.105

13: collagen integrity (15097)

−0.275

−0.268

−0.289

0.148

−0.273

−0.268

0.315

−0.265

−0.154

−0.083

−0.17

−0.965 ***

14: lipid to protein ratio (15094)

−0.226

−0.226

−0.232

−0.126

−0.226

−0.244

0.323

−0.063

0.985 ***

0.965 ***

0.873 ***

0.05

−0.165

15: glycogen (15098)

−0.107

−0.109

−0.1

−0.139

−0.083

−0.112

0.06

−0.045

0.286

0.24

0.42

0.228

−0.378

0.371

Muscle

16: total fat (15100)

0.198

0.199

0.188

0.072

0.231

0.191

−0.152

0.208

0.417

0.419

0.387

−0.122

0.144

0.378

0.05

17: saturated fat (15099)

0.211

0.212

0.201

0.078

0.246

0.204

−0.168

0.22

0.426

0.43

0.393

−0.109

0.131

0.386

0.045

0.998 ***

18: acyl chain length (15101)

0.323

0.323

0.317

0.113

0.324

0.314

−0.168

0.31

0.312

0.248

0.505

0.093

−0.072

0.293

0.161

0.732 ***

0.729 ***

19: collagen (15104)

−0.066

−0.059

−0.08

0.189

−0.021

−0.058

0.157

−0.067

0.098

0.165

−0.06

−0.582

0.633 *

0.047

−0.251

0.456

0.438

0.175

20: collagen integrity (15105)

0.179

0.172

0.19

−0.132

0.173

0.169

−0.24

0.172

−0.073

−0.146

0.094

0.629 *

−0.649 **

−0.036

0.21

−0.273

−0.253

0.016

−0.928 ***

21: lipid to protein ratio (15102)

0.149

0.151

0.137

0.095

0.168

0.144

−0.097

0.167

0.415

0.416

0.379

−0.202

0.221

0.378

0.042

0.989 ***

0.985 ***

0.698 ***

0.517

−0.365

22: glycogen (15106)

0.573

0.568

0.582 **

0.061

0.527

0.562

−0.489

0.537

0.095

−0.013

0.323

0.55

−0.549

0.108

0.227

0.216

0.225

0.615 *

−0.478

0.649 **

0.126