Table 2.

Chromosome segments selected for the replication study

Chromosome	QTL segment*	Start (bp)**	End (bp)**
1	Growth1	169,634,954	181,087,961
2	Growth2	47,929,675	65,460,002
2	Growth3	124,333,151	133,581,122
3	Growth4	24,029,841	68,029,533
4	Growth6	1,354,213	13,511,203
4	Growth7	85,459,943	88,832,107
5	Growth8	33,696,791	39,052,438
7	Growth9	10,916,819	35,491,706
20	Growth12	7,109,709	13,899,993

*Jacobsson et al. 2006 [10]; **position as in Chicken genome assembly of May 2006