Table A1.

Epistatic QTLs of prepartum nest presence in F₂ females.

Locus 1	Locus distance to marker (cm)	Locus distance (cm)	Locus 2	Locus distance to marker (cm)	Locus distance (cm)	Prob. epistasis	Type	Genotypic value	Prob. genotypic value
D4Mit16	8	68	D7Mit227	10	32	4.48 × 10−8	AD	0.645	1.53 × 10−3
							DD	−0.952	9.51 × 10−8
D5Mit6	4	46	D6Mit1	16	16	1.6 × 10−5	AD	−0.534	1.31 × 10−3
							DA	0.615	5.12 × 10−5
D6Mit9	0	22	DXMit172	16	58	7.26 × 10−6	AD	0.351	1.30 × 10−2
							DD	0.556	2.23 × 10−6
D7Mit227	22	44	D11Mit62	26	26	5.1 × 10−6	AA	0.669	6.45 × 10−4
							DA	0.680	9.05 × 10−5
D7Mit71	8	92	D15Mit143	2	18	3.52 × 10−7	AA	−0.650	2.31 × 10−3
							DA	−0.588	2.03 × 10−3
							DD	0.693	4.75 × 10−5
D8Mit89	8	76	D10Mit10	14	62	2.53 × 10−7	AA	−0.741	1.32 × 10−4
							AD	0.442	3.89 × 10−3
							DD	0.524	1.75 × 10−4
D9Mit90	22	22	D11Mit15	0	48	5.13 × 10−8	DA	0.862	9.30 × 10−6
							DD	−0.709	7.21 × 10−6
D13Mit115	40	52	D15Mit143	8	24	1.45 × 10−5	AA	−0.732	2.82 × 10−4
							AD	0.487	9.11 × 10−3
							DA	−0.545	4.25 × 10−3
D15Mit143	10	26	DXMit144	14	34	6.48 × 10−7	AA	−0.534	5.23 × 10−3
							DA	0.979	5.35 × 10−7
D17Mit46	0	0	D18Mit17	18	38	1.44 × 10−6	DA	−0.308	2.36 × 10−2
							DD	−0.612	2.03 × 10−7

Epistasis type: AA, additive by additive; AD, additive by dominance; DA, dominance by additive; DD, dominance by dominance. Markers in bold were considered the same region in that respective chromosome.