Table 6.

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapped using the half-sib regression analysis

Trait	Chr	Pos (cM)	F-ratio	Seg parsa	PVEb	Detect LC?d
Flesh colour	26	44	7.14***	6c	12.64	Y
	4	57	6.46***	4c	11.28	Y
	1	33	3.69**	2	5.66	Ye
	9	9	3.21**	2	4.67
	5	72	2.69**	3c	3.56	Ye
	7	11	2.66**	3	3.52	Y
	20	1	2.8*	3	3.8	Ye
	6	82	2.71*	2	3.63	Ye
	3	37	2.45*	1	3.08
	19	1	2.35*	2	2.86
	8	0	2.32*	3	2.81
	29	0	2.29*	2	2.73
Body weight	4	1	3.95***	4c	6.17	Y
	16	62	3.85**	3	6.01
	7	10	3.41**	4	5.09	Y
	10	15	2.72**	3c	3.62	Y
	13	42	2.83*	2	3.88	Y
	25	13	2.67*	1	3.53
	5	20	2.59*	3c	3.35	Y
	23	22	2.58*	2	3.34
	11	17	2.42*	3	3
	2	42	2.34*	2	2.85
Length	4	1	4.31***	4c	6.92	Y
	10	10	3.28***	3 c	4.8	Y
	16	61	3.85**	3	5.99
	13	61	3.69**	5	5.67	Y
	11	8	3.42**	2	5.11	Y
	7	20	3.02**	3	4.28	Y
	25	15	2.96*	1	4.15
	23	13	2.77*	2	3.75
	24	4	2.68*	2	3.56
Slaughter weight	4	1	4.00***	4c	6.27	Y
	16	61	3.91**	3	6.13
	7	10	3.43**	4	5.13	Y
	13	60	2.83*	2	3.87	Y
	10	16	2.69**	3c	3.58	Y
	25	14	2.74*	1	3.69
	23	22	2.64*	2	3.48
	5	20	2.55*	3c	3.26	Y
	11	19	2.44*	3	3.05
	2	42	2.28*	2	2.72
K-factor	20	46	3.89**	4	6.08	Y
	7	15	3.52**	3	5.31	Y
	3	37	2.92*	2	4.06
	1	54	2.9*	2	4.02
	16	10	2.89*	2	3.99
	14	6	2.76*	3	3.73
	12	9	2.68*	2	3.55
Dressing %	11	21	2.79**	3	3.79

*** Genome-wide significant QTL (P < 0.05)

** Chromosome-wide significant QTL (P < 0.01)

* Chromosome-wide significant QTL (P < 0.05)

^a Number of segregating parents

^b Percentage of within family variance explained by the QTL

^c Segregating out of 12 parents (extra families genotyped in these linkage groups)

^d Detected using the line-cross analysis

^e QTL peak more than 20 cM from QTL peak in line-cross analysis