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Table 6 List of the 63 blood genes identified as common predictors for two feed efficiency traits

From: Analysis of merged whole blood transcriptomic datasets to identify circulating molecular biomarkers of feed efficiency in growing pigs

Traits

Common VIPa

RFI/FCR

ADAP2; APCDD1; ARHGEF10L; ARRDC3; BCO2; CADM1; C6orf89; CHST11; CIT; CREBRF; CROT; CYHR1; CYP51A1; DHCR24; EIF2A; ENPP1; ESCO1; FAF2; GIMAP8; GPX3; HMG20A; HOXD3; IL15; IGF2; IRF2BP2; JPH4; KCNH2; MACF1; MORC2; NT5DC3; P2RY1; PAG1; PHKB; PLA2G4A; PLXNC1; PPCDC; PSAP; RBM38; RPS17; SCUBE3; SDR39U1; SECISBP2; SLC25A44; SLCO2B1; SPTLC2; SRRD; TAF4B; TNFRSF21; TMEM163; TRIM46; TRPT1; WLS; UROS; ZNF644

  1. aBCO2, CREBRF; GPX3; HMG20A; JPH4; PAG1; SPTLC2 were also listed among the top 50 very important predictors (VIP) for residual feed intake (RFI), and IGF2, IRF2BP2, MACF1, MORC2, SDR39U1, TRIM46 and ZNF644 were listed among the top 50 VIP of feed conversion ratio (FCR)