Genome-wide association study identified three major QTL for carcass weight including the PLAG1-CHCHD7 QTN for stature in Japanese Black cattle

Table 1 Summary of the SNP and haplotypes associated with carcass weight

Category¹⁾	SNP or Haplotype	Chr	Position (Btau4.0)	Allele substitution effect (kg)	p-value	Q allele	q allele	Q frequency
A	Hapmap26308-BTC-057761	6	37,963,147	35.5	9.65E-12	A	G	0.199
	BTA-52694-no-rs	8	89,397,242	26.0	4.24E-09	A	G	0.138
	Hapmap46986-BTA-34282	14	23,519,449	27.2	1.03E-12	A	G	0.759
B	NCAPG c.1326T > G	6	38,164,357	35.3	5.28E-12	G	T	0.200
	Hapmap40466-BTA-82123 and BTA-52694-no-rs	8	-	35.0	8.13E-13	C-A	Others	0.115
	FJX_PLAPROTRI	14	23,264,810	28.4	2.84E-14	(CCG)₁₁	(CCG)₉	0.754

¹⁾A, SNP on the BovineSNP50 BeadChip that showed the strongest association on a chromosome.
¹⁾B, Critical SNP or a haplotype in the associated regions.

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