Table 1.

Cis-acting eQTLs identified in each of four rat tissues at a genome-wide P < 0.01

	Tissue
Cis-eQTLs	Adrenal	Fat	Kidney	Skeletal muscle	Total
cis-eQTLs, n	537	491	600	1,589	3,217
cis-eQTLs after filtering, n	69	87	62	262	480
Prioritized cis-eQTLs, n	18	14	15	13	60

Microarray expression data for adrenal, fat, and kidney tissue were generated using the RAE230A Genechip (Affymetrix) which has probe-sets for 15,923 transcripts. Microarray expression data for skeletal muscle were generated using the RAE230_2 Genechip (Affymetrix), which has probe-sets for 31,099 transcripts. Protocols for filtering and prioritization were carried out as described in materials and methods.

eQTL, expression quantitative trait locus.