Table 1.
eQTLs detectable at the α = 0.001 level for various sample sizes from 30–120 animals
| No. of animals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | 60 | 30 | |
| Linked loci | |||
| 1 locus | 1,259 | 710 | 207 |
| 2 loci | 69 | 44 | 8 |
| 3 loci | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 1,330 | 756 | 216 |
| Linked transcripts | |||
| 0 | 52 | 115 | 266 |
| 1 | 69 | 92 | 82 |
| 2 | 64 | 65 | 36 |
| 3 | 51 | 56 | 8 |
| 4 | 51 | 30 | 4 |
| 5–10 | 99 | 36 | 1 |
| 11–20 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| 21+ | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Linked loci data show the number of distinct genetic loci significantly associated with the expression level of individual transcripts. Linked transcripts data show the number of different transcripts whose expression levels are significantly associated with individual genetic loci.