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Table 4 The interactions between QTL and sex for limb bones

From: A genome-wide scan for quantitative trait loci affecting limb bone lengths and areal bone mineral density of the distal femur in a White Duroc × Erhualian F2 population

SSCa

Traitb

Position

F Valuec

Sex

ADD ± S.E.d

DOM ± S.E.

IMP ± S.E.

5

SL

54

4.5*

Male

nse

ns

ns

    

Female

-0.23 ± 0.05

ns

ns

7

UL

58

45.8***

Male

-0.57 ± 0.04

ns

ns

    

Female

-0.53 ± 0.05

0.23 ± 0.06

ns

7

FL

57

27.0***

Male

-0.38 ± 0.04

ns

ns

    

Female

-0.46 ± 0.05

0.14 ± 0.06

ns

  1. a Pig chromosome;
  2. b. For abbreviations see Table 1;
  3. c Significance levels: *suggestive significant level, ***1% genome-wide significant level
  4. d Significant dominant and additive effects are indicated in italic (P < 0.05) and bold (P < 0.01), respectively.
  5. e ns, insignificant values.