Table 4 Candidate genes in the five QTLs in across-breed metaGWAS

1

52,666,889 ~ 54,666,889

KCNQ5 ^c, CYB5R4^c, CEP162^c, NT5E^b

1

155,986,286 ~ 161,824,864

PHLPP1 ^bc, RELCH^abc, RNF152^b, CDH20^b, MC4R^abc, CCBE1^b, GRP^c, SEC11C^c, ALPK2^b

2

59,697,443 ~ 61,697,443

MAST3 ^c, JAK3^a, B3GNT3^a, SLC27A1^a, NXNL1^a, U3^c, KLF2^a, KCNN1^a

7

29,476,173 ~ 31,569,645

B3GALT4 ^a, ITPR3^abc, IP6K3^a, LEMD2^c, GRM4^c, NUDT3^c, PACSIN1^c, SPDEF^c, ILRUN^c, SNRPC^c, UHRF1BP1^c, ANKS1A^c, TCP11^c, SCUBE3^c, PPARD^abc, TEAD3^c, TULP1^c, FKBP5^c

18

9,555,467 ~ 11,555,467

KDM7A ^c, TBXAS1^a, ZC3HAV1^c, TRIM24^c, AKR1D1^a, CREB3L2^ab, FMC1^a