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Table 3 Candidate genes located in genomic regions with a high frequency of ROH associated with pig economic traits

From: Genome-wide detection of genetic structure and runs of homozygosity analysis in Anhui indigenous and Western commercial pig breeds using PorcineSNP80k data

Breed

CHR

Start

(Mb)

End

(Mb)

No

SNPs

No

genes

Candidate genes

Gene function

Traits related to QTL

BER

6

5.52

6.51

52

5

CDH13

Meat

Lean meat percentage (7632)

9

129.04

130.63

81

9

PROX1

Meat

Carcass weight (12,786)

FLVCR1

Meat/

Production

Average daily gain (2896)

14

65.87

68.09

48

7

EGR2

Meat

NA

15

15.76

17.03

40

11

CCNT2

Meat

Meat colour score (3009)

 

17

4.39

5.63

54

10

FGF20

Meat/Production

Average daily gain (28,911)

PIE

13

29.59

29.89

10

9

MYL3

Meat

Loin muscle area (5499)

SETD2

Production

Body weight (21,843)

16

49.85

52.75

60

17

FGF18

Production

Average daily gain (28,900)

 

WNHUAZ

1

111.18

117.45

86

6

LIPC

Fatness

Palmitoleic acid content (168,357)

1

142.77

145.30

41

14

MCEE

Fatness

Intramuscular fat content (17,747)

TJP1

Reproduction

Gestation length (10,617)

8

64.83

68.48

52

6

STAP1

Health

Palmitoleic acid content (168,374)

16

48.62

51.50

47

15

ZNF366

Reproduction

Teat number (8812)

DUSP1

Health

NA

HZ

8

66.23

67.50

25

16

SULT1E1

Reproduction/

Fatness

Teat number (124,206)

CSN1S1

Reproduction

Corpus luteum number (492)

  1. The distance between genes and ROH regions was calculated as follows: The starting coordinate of the gene minus the starting coordinate of the ROH region; all candidate genes are located in the ROH region; the number within brackets in the last column represents the QTL-ID