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Table 5 Summary of the largest effect QTL detected for ADG in U.S. Angus, Hereford, and SimAngus beef cattle

From: Genome-wide association study for feed efficiency and growth traits in U.S. beef cattle

ADG

Position (Chr_Mb)

-log10

P-value

Regression Beta

PVE

Proximal/Putative Candidate Gene(s)

Scientific Precedence [reference]; organism; trait

Angus

9_93

6.16

−0.11

0.017

NOX3

[95]; mice, human; insulin resistance

15_79

5.57

−0.10

0.015

OR4X1

[50, 96]; pig, cattle; feed efficiency

4_69

5.22

0.11

0.014

SKAP2/LOC101903616

[97]; human; diabetes

7_26

5.20

−0.09

0.014

SLC12A2/ADAMTS19/SLC27A6

[11, 98, 99]; cattle, human, cattle; feed efficiency, interaction with IGF2R, fatty acid composition in bovine milk

3_82

5.10

−0.10

0.013

PGMI

[100]; pig; feed efficiency

6_16

4.64

0.10

0.012

PITX2/EGF

[101, 102]; human, rabbit; adipogenesis, regulated absorption of nutrients

Hereford

5_106

6.64

−0.18

0.031

FGF6/CCDN2/FGF23

[103,104,105]; cattle, human; muscle mass in carcass, cell cycle regulation, insulin resistance and obesity

7_93

6.51

−0.15

0.031

ARRDC3

[106]; human, mice; body mass and energy expenditure

8_1

6.17

0.17

0.029

PALLD

[107]; human; adipocyte size

8_4

4.96

−0.15

0.023

GALNTL6

[108,109,110]; cattle; feed efficiency and growth

8_2

4.82

0.13

0.022

LOC511409/LOC101904351/LOC520638/AADAT

[81, 111]; chicken, seabass; feed efficiency and growth

1_144

4.71

−0.45

0.021

ABCG1/TFF3/TFF2/TFF1/UBASH3A

[112,113,114]; human, mice, pig; obesity, glucose tolerance, marbling score

2_23

4.53

−0.25

0.021

GPR155/SCRN3/SP9/OLA1

[50; 116] pig, cattle; feed efficiency; infectious bovine keratoconjuctivitis

SimAngus

27_26

5.93

−0.15

0.019

GTF2E2

[117]; human; heart failure

19_54

5.52

0.10

0.018

DNAH17/RBFOX3

[41]; human; adipogenic differentiation

13_53

4.87

0.16

0.016

SNORA70/STK35/PDYN/SIRPA

[118,119,120,121]; human, cattle, mouse; diabetes, bovine liver prohormone, mouse feeding behavior and obesity traits, human adiposity

3_22

4.67

−0.10

0.015

LOC104971520/CHD1L/LOC788724/FMO5

[88, 122, 123]; mice, human; obesity and diabetes, cellular proliferation

7_26

4.61

0.12

0.015

ADAMTS19/SLC27A6

[98, 99]; human, cattle; interaction with IGF2R, fatty acid composition in bovine milk

14_7

4.51

−0.26

0.014

LOC100848525/KHDRBS3

[124, 125]; cattle; intramuscular fat

20_39

4.41

0.09

0.014

RAI14

[126, 127]; mice; obesity