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Table 2 First three most important QTL regions and candidate genes for semen traits

From: Weighted single-step GWAS identified candidate genes associated with semen traits in a Duroc boar population

Traitsa

chr

Position (Mb)

nSNPs

gVar(%)

Candidate genes

lnNcells

9

121.15–121.95

8

3.79

TDRD5, QSOX1

14

14.49–15.29

16

2.26

BLK

5

11.71–12.51

8

2.14

TIMP3

MOT

13

1.29–2.09

5

4.51

–

2

147.71–148.51

12

3.08

PPP2R2B

9

131.55–132.35

13

2.58

NEK2

PMOT

15

135.89–136.69

10

5.81

–

7

0.13–0.93

16

3.82

–

4

5.15–5.95

17

2.34

–

ABN

13

1.25–2.05

7

1.93

–

16

26.76–27.56

7

1.76

GHR, SELENOP

12

6.20–7.00

9

1.43

SLC16A5, SLC9A3R1, DNAI2

  1. a lnNcells Number of sperm cells, MOT Motility, PMOT Progressive motility, ABN Total morphological abnormalities. Within each trait, genomic regions were decreasingly sorted based on the proportion of genetic variance explained
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