Microsatellite mapping of QTL affecting growth, feed consumption, egg production, tonic immobility and body temperature of Japanese quail

Table 2 Chromosomal location, test statistic (F), genetic effects and significance of the QTL detected in the Japanese quail

Chromosome (map length cM)	Trait¹	Position (cM)	Flanking markers	F	Additive effect ± SE	Dominance effect ± SE	Reduction of σ² (%)	Chromosome-Wide Probability	Genome-Wide
									Probability	Level
CJA01 (206)	CL	0	GUJ0055	9.9	-0.93 ± 0.36	-1.81 ± 0.58	4.9	0.0006	0.002	very significant
	BW2	18	GUJ0055-GUJ0052	11.6	-1.29 ± 0.27	ns²	5.7	0.0002	0.0005	very significant
	BW1	19	GUJ0052	5.9	-4.36 ± 1.38	ns	2.3	0.034	0.09	suggestive
	FI	19	GUJ0052	8.3	-1.03 ± 0.26	ns	4.4	0.004	0.01	significant
	TI	91	ADL0037	6.2	-20.3 ± 6.3	ns	2.5	0.034	0.09	suggestive
	BT	180	GUJ0062	5.7	-0.088 ± 0.026	ns	2.5	0.047	0.12	ns
	SW	191	GUJ0062-GUJ0068	7.2	-0.027 ± 0.009	-0.030 ± 0.0134	3.4	0.016	0.04	significant
CJA02 (61)	BW1	54	GUJ0063-GUJ0027	4.6	ns	7.42 ± 2.75	1.7	0.038	0.29	ns
CJA03 (38)	BT	1	GUJ0099	6.1	-0.090 ± 0.029	ns	2.5	0.008	0.11	ns
CJA05 (21)	SW	12	GUJ0049	5.5	-0.026 ± 0.008	ns	2.3	0.012	0.27	ns
CJA06 (74)	EW	0	GUJ0021	5.4	0.330 ± 0.100	ns	2.7	0.023	0.16	ns
	EN	32	GUJ0087	7.0	21.6 ± 6.1	ns	3.3	0.006	0.04	significant
	AFE	34	GUJ0087-GUJ0054	6.2	-1.52 ± 0.46	ns	2.9	0.012	0.09	suggestive
CJA09 (25)	BW1	25	GUJ0071	4.3	3.34 ± 1.22	ns	1.6	0.028	0.46	ns
CJA14 (8)	BW2	7	GUJ0023-GUJ0097	6.2	ns	-1.32 ± 0.38	2.9	0.004	0.24	ns
CJA20 (25)	FI	2	GUJ0065-GUJ0083	8.5	-0.883 ± 0.231	ns	4.5	0.001	0.02	significant
	SW	21	GUJ0065-GUJ0083	6.7	-0.026 ± 0.008	0.024 ± 0.013	3.4	0.003	0.06	suggestive
	RFI	25	GUJ0083	7.2	-0.525 ± 0.142	ns	3.8	0.002	0.04	significant

¹: CL = clutch length (d); BW2 = 70-wk body weight (g); BW1 = 5-wk body weight (g); FI = feed intake at 30 weeks of age (g/d); TI = tonic immobility at 8–9 days of age (s); BT = rectal temperature at 5 weeks of age(C); SW = eggshell weight at 30 weeks of age (g); EW = egg weight (g); EN = egg number until the age of 69 weeks; AFE = age at first egg (d); RFI = residual feed intake at 30 weeks of age (g/d).
²: ns = not significant.

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