Genetic control of longissimus dorsi muscle gene expression variation and joint analysis with phenotypic quantitative trait loci in pigs

Table 1 eQTL summary among regulator types

Gene Regulator	N^a	Min^b	Max^c	Mean^d	SD^e
Average length of eQTL interval ^f
All regulators	339	0	175.19	11.59	22.30
Local	168	0	175.19	21.62	27.59
Plausible Local	23	0	11.44	1.36	2.77
Distant Same Chromosome	61	0	25.55	2.22	5.46
Distant	87	0	69.76	1.47	7.92
Average distance from eQTL to gene transcript position ^f
Total Same Chromosome	252	4.11e-4	104.75	3.65	12.15
Local	168	4.11e-4	25.07	1.90	3.86
Plausible Local	23	4.28e-3	1.49	0.20	0.40
Distant Same Chromosome	61	3.73e-3	104.75	9.75	22.92
Distant	87	–	–	–	–
Number of SNP associations per eQTL
All regulators	339	1	105	9.09	15.07
Local	168	1	105	16.45	18.65
Plausible Local	23	1	14	2.87	3.08
Distant Same Chromosome	61	1	17	2.05	2.37
Distant	87	1	5	1.46	0.97
Heritability estimates
All regulators	339	5.47e-10	0.97	0.32	0.23
Local	168	5.47e-10	0.97	0.42	0.22
Plausible Local	23	0.04	0.63	0.32	0.16
Distant Same Chromosome	61	1.19e-09	0.78	0.29	0.23
Distant	87	1.34e-09	0.76	0.17	0.17

^aNumber of eQTL
^bMinimum value
^cMaximum value
^dAverage value
^eStandard deviation of value
^fValues of eQTL interval or distance shown in mega bases. Zero interval values correspond to eQTL associated with a single SNP

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