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Table 1 Candidate genes putatively selected by two statistical methods (FST and log2 θπ ratio and) affecting heat stress and immune responses traits in indigenous chicken ecotypes

From: Genetic diversity and signatures of selection for heat tolerance and immune response in Iranian native chickens

Selected comparative model

Statistical-Method

Gene

Chr.*

Summary of gene function

Native ecotypes – White-Leghorn line

FST (top 5%)

HSPA9

13

Heat stress [39]

AHSA1

5

Heat stress [40]

HSPH1

1

Heat stress [41, 42]

DNAJC10

7

Heat stress [43]

DNAJC6

8

Heat stress [44]

DNAJC15

1

Heat stress [43]

DNAJC5G

3

Heat stress [43]

DNAJA4

10

Heat stress [43]

IL3

13

Immune response [45, 46]

IL13

13

Immune response [45, 46]

IRF1

13

Immune response [47]

log2(θπ·Native/θπ·Commercial) (top 1%)

HSP70

5

Heat stress [45, 48,49,50]

HSPD1

7

Heat stress [39, 51]

HSPH1

1

Heat stress [41, 42]

NBEA

1

Heat stress [52]

HSP90B1

1

Heat stress [39, 53]

HSP90AB1

3

Heat stress [54]

HSPA5

17

Heat stress [55]

HSPB1

19

Heat stress [55]

HSPA8

24

Heat stress [55]

IRF1

13

Immune response [47]

IL5

13

Immune response [45, 46]

IL3

13

Immune response [45, 46]

DNAJC15

1

Heat stress [43]

Native ecotypes- Arian line

FST (top 5%)

HSP90B1

1

Heat stress [39, 53]

HSPH1

1

Heat stress [41, 42]

DNAJC24

5

Heat stress [43]

DNAJC6

8

Heat stress [44]

IL5

13

Immune response [45, 46]

log2(θπ·Native/θπ·Commercial) (top 1%)

HSPH1

1

Heat stress traits [41, 42]

PLCB4

3

Immune response and heat stress [51, 56, 57]

IRF1

13

Immune response [47]

  1. *Chromosome