Table 1 Eight positional and/or biological candidate genes were used for resequencing

Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)

14:50263722–50,266,807

[19]

Oncostatin M (OSM)

14:50281701–50,286,188

[20, 21]

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF)

14:53282552–53,283,339

[22]

Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitory protein p57KPI2 (CDKN1C)

Unplaced

[16, 17]

Pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase 1 (PYCR1)

Unplaced

[6]

Versican (VCAN)

2:93783042–93,895,497

[23]

Matrix metallopeptidase 13 (MMP13)

9:37493636–37,504,552

[24]

Vimentin (VIM)

10:48227005–48,235,670

[25]