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Table 1 Overview of QTL families

From: Genetic dissection of MHC-associated susceptibility to Lepeophtheirus salmonis in Atlantic salmon

Family

N

Body weight (g)

Lice abundance (fish-1)

Corr.

  

range

mean (sd)

range

mean (sd)

 

Family 3

73

142–1010

513.0 (162.8)

4–31

19.6 (5.4)

0.42**

Family 4

109

112–874

445.7 (148.6)

7–38

19.4 (5.8)

0.20*

Family 6

112

228–654

447.4 (91.6)

7–32

18.6 (5.4)

0.20*

  1. Notes. Corr.: Pearson's correlation coefficient between body weight and lice abundance (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001); distribution plots of lice abundance in each family are provided in Additional file 1.