Table 2. Important candidate QTL regions associated with the residual feed intake (RFI) by 1 Mb SNP windows.

SSC	Location (start-end) in Mb@	1 Mb SNP window	Percent genetic variance explained	PPA* (P>0)	Genes within the SNP window$	Previously reported important QTL at the SNP window
14	59.00–59.98	H3GA0040291-MARC0009335	1.16	0.682	GPR137B, LYST, GNG4, B3GALNT, TBCE	Daily feed intake and body weight
7	39.01–39.98	ALGA0040519-ASGA0032851	0.59	0.480	BTBD9, GLO1, DNAH8, GLP1R, KCNK5, KCNK17	Average daily gain and body weight
7	16.06–16.97	ALGA0038863-DRGA0007204	0.45	0.412	ID4, MBOAT1, E2F3, CDKAL1	Average daily gain and body weight
14	90.03–90.96	ASGA0064826-ALGA0079379	0.40	0.336	5S - rRNA	Average daily gain and body weight

^@ The 1 Mb windows are presented in descending order based on the percent genetic variance explained greater than 0.4%.

^*Posterior probability that the SNPs in 1 Mb window could explain the genetic variance greater than zero (PPA: Posterior probability of association).