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Table 3 Genomic regions and candidate genes associated with the saturated fatty acid (SFA) profile of the Longissimus dorsi muscle of Santa Inês sheep

From: Estimates of genomic heritability and genome-wide association study for fatty acids profile in Santa Inês sheep

Trait

Nomenclature

Genomic Window

Length (Kb)

aVg (%)

Candidate genes

Myristic acid

C14:0

3:78397685–78915234

517,549

0.30

  

3:99901070–100285876

384,806

0.33

NPAS2

  

16:30002131–30349083

346,952

0.31

MRPS30

Palmitic acid

C16:0

3:107748212–108088562

340,350

0.67

TPH2, TRHDE

  

16:55961351–56458897

497,546

0.32

CDH12

Stearic acid

C18:0

1:185195800–185614760

418,960

0.30

PARP14

  

15:52854077–53676145

822,068

0.39

DGAT2, WNT11

Sum of SFA

SFAt

3:107809276–108146152

336,876

0.74

TPH2, TRHDE

  

3:109215221–109694971

479,750

0.32

  

14:11458148–11862331

404,183

0.30

  

15:52854077–53676145

822,068

0.58

DGAT2, WNT11

  1. aadditive genetic variance explained by each window