Table 2.

Summarized statistical results of GWAS for 20 ear-related traits.

Traits	Site	SNP	Gene	Mean of PVE (%)	Range of PVE (%)
AKA	BJ	15	12	5.13	4.76–5.73
	SY	9	7	5.17	4.74–5.68
	BLUP	12	10	5.25	4.60–5.75
BTA	BJ	10	6	5.77	4.55–7.86
	SY	3	3	5.52	4.56–6.89
	BLUP	8	6	5.84	3.98–7.01
BTL	BJ	19	15	5.01	4.02–6.63
	SY	4	5	5.29	4.80–6.46
	BLUP	9	8	5.22	4.08–6.16
EB	BJ	13	17	4.87	3.78–6.97
	SY	82	31	7.82	5.1–15.69
	BLUP	62	27	7.21	5.12–12.69
EG	BJ	45	20	6.34	4.82–9.73
	SY	148	84	8.43	5.12–24.17
	BLUP	157	53	7.96	5.02–19.31
EL	BJ	7	5	4.81	4.29–5.67
	SY	7	6	5.58	5.38–5.77
	BLUP	3	2	5.32	5.16–5.48
EP	BJ	0	0	0	0
	SY	8	5	5.37	5.00–6.22
	BLUP	5	4	5.35	5.09–5.80
ER	BJ	66	22	7.23	4.48–11.97
	SY	247	95	8.75	5.11–24.09
	BLUP	197	74	8.26	5.01–20.56
ES	BJ	22	16	5.45	4.30–6.18
	SY	15	14	5.1	4.33–6.91
	BLUP	9	9	4.97	4.22–5.39
ESA	BJ	12	6	4.47	4.14–5.05
	SY	7	5	5.2	4.98–5.52
	BLUP	6	2	5.49	5.07–5.73
EV	BJ	30	11	5.01	4.19–5.61
	SY	11	11	5.04	4.33–6.22
	BLUP	9	5	5.5	5.09–6.21
EW	BJ	1	1	5.21	5.21
	SY	13	8	4.98	4.08–6.14
	BLUP	7	5	5.21	5.02–5.51
KB	BJ	19	11	5.51	4.02–7.27
	SY	12	11	5.57	5.16–6.60
	BLUP	17	12	5.96	5.03–8.44
KG	BJ	13	11	4.62	3.87–5.85
	SY	35	28	5.96	4.75–9.04
	BLUP	14	9	5.91	5.22–7.62
KNE	BJ	5	6	5.06	4.68–6.16
	SY	18	11	5.44	4.62–6.81
	BLUP	24	12	4.82	4.25–5.60
KNR	BJ	6	9	5.02	4.46–5.94
	SY	15	11	4.91	4.17–5.60
	BLUP	5	5	5.59	4.92–6.05
KR	BJ	16	12	5.17	4.60–6.71
	SY	120	44	6.44	5.03–11.71
	BLUP	105	40	6.38	6.91–11.49
KT	BJ	24	20	5.07	4.34–8.47
	SY	3	4	5.01	4.79–5.33
	BLUP	9	8	4.82	4.41–5.38
KW	BJ	13	3	6.36	5.26–11.02
	SY	2	2	5.86	5.13–6.59
	BLUP	2	3	5.87	5.82–5.91
RNE	BJ	15	9	5.07	4.10–5.77
	SY	12	3	5.51	4.56–6.13
	BLUP	25	14	5.11	4.10–6.55

BJ, Beijing; SY, Sanya; BLUP, best linear unbiased prediction; PVE, the phenotypic variance explained by SNPs.