Table 4.

The interactions between QTL and sex for limb bones

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

^a Pig chromosome;

^b. For abbreviations see Table 1;

^c Significance levels: *suggestive significant level, ***1% genome-wide significant level

^d Significant dominant and additive effects are indicated in italic (P < 0.05) and bold (P < 0.01), respectively.

^e ns, insignificant values.