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Table 3 List of candidate genes within the genomic windows associated with abdominal fat and skin traits that exhibited GO terms related to lipid metabolic processes in the TT Reference Population

From: A genome-wide association study reveals novel genomic regions and positional candidate genes for fat deposition in broiler chickens

GGA (location, Mb)

Trait associated

Gene Name

Ensembl Gene ID

GO Term (GO Accession)a

5 (38)

ABF, ABFP

JDP2

ENSGALG00000010322

negative regulation of fat cell differentiation (GO:0045599)

15 (6)

SKINW, SKINP

PTPN11

ENSGALG00000004821

lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629)

triglyceride metabolic process (GO:0006641)

MVK

ENSGALG00000013848

lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629)

cholesterol metabolic process (GO:0008203)

Novel gene

ENSGALG00000005043

fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0006633)

acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity (GO:0003989)

20 (5)

ABF

FITM2

ENSGALG00000026285

lipid storage (GO:0019915)

lipid particle organization (GO:0034389)

PLCG1

ENSGALG00000003750

lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629)

lipid catabolic process (GO:0016042)

HNF4A

ENSGALG00000004285

lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629)

regulation of lipid metabolic process (GO:0019216)

lipid homeostasis (GO:0055088)

fatty acid binding (GO:0005504)

24 (5)

SKINW

APOA4

ENSGALG00000007109

lipid homeostasis (GO:0055088)

multicellular organismal lipid catabolic process (GO:0044240)

positive regulation of triglyceride catabolic process (GO:0010898)

cholesterol homeostasis (GO:0042632)

cholesterol metabolic process (GO:0008203)

positive regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0045723)

APOA5

ENSGALG00000014368

triglyceride homeostasis (GO:0070328)

positive regulation of lipid catabolic process (GO:0050996)

positive regulation of fatty acid biosynthetic process (GO:0045723)

APOA1

ENSGALG00000007114

lipid transport (GO:0006869)

lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629)

lipid storage (GO:0019915)

cholesterol homeostasis (GO:0042632)

26 (1)

ABF, ABFP

Novel gene

ENSGALG00000000477

lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629)

lipid catabolic process (GO:0016042)

lipid particle (GO:0005811)

lipid homeostasis (GO:0055088)

Novel gene

ENSGALG00000000483

lipid catabolic process (GO:0016042)

lipid particle (GO:0005811)

lipid homeostasis (GO:0055088)

triglyceride lipase activity (GO:0004806)

triglyceride catabolic process (GO:0019433)

ADIPOR1

ENSGALG00000000094

regulation of lipid metabolic process (GO:0019216)

fatty acid oxidation (GO:0019395)

  1. aAll GO terms were obtained from BioMart (Ensembl Genes 90 Database)