Table 3.

Candidate genes identified in the QTL regions associated with grilsing and late sexual maturation

Trait	SNP_ID	Female map	Male map	WGS contig	BLASTn	Annotation
Grilsing	GCR_cBin22360_Ctg1_176	58.6	2.3	AGKD01085592	Salmo salar leukocyte elastase inhibitor (ileu), mRNA	Leukocyte elastase inhibitor (serpin-like) [Salmo salar]
Grilsing	GCR_cBin18557_Ctg1_186	58.6	2.3	AGKD01261913	Osmerus mordax clone omor-eva-507-083 GDP-L-fucose synthetase putative mRNA, complete cds	PREDICTED: GDP-L-fucose synthase-like [Oreochromis niloticus]
Grilsing	GCR_cBin51840_Ctg1_131	59.4	2.3	AGKD01037205	Salmo salar clone BHMS423 microsatellite sequence	only ESTs
Grilsing	GCR_cBin11397_Ctg1_74	61.7	2.3	AGKD01171932	No hits	Only ESTs
Late maturation	GCR_cBin5728_Ctg1_254	2.2	1	AGKD01158387	No hits	Only ESTs
Late maturation	GCR_cBin38765_Ctg1_214	8.4	1.3	AGKD01032149	Predicted: Oreochromis niloticus myopalladin-like (LOC100700984), mRNA	Predicted: myopalladin-like [Oreochromis niloticus]
Grilsing	GCR_cBin17226_Ctg1_170	7.5	1	AGKD01023960	No hits	Predicted: hypothetical protein LOC100002220 [Danio rerio] plus ESTs
Grilsing	ESTNV_25113_1234	7.8	1	AGKD01008431	Predicted: Oreochromis niloticus formimidoyltransferase-cyclodeaminase-like (LOC100693205), mRNA	Predicted: formimidoyltransferase-cyclodeaminase-like [Oreochromis niloticus]
Grilsing	GCR_cBin2393_Ctg1_480	26.2	1.1	AGKD01000933	Salmo salar clone ssal-rgf-503-163 E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase UBR3 putative mRNA, partial cds	E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase UBR3 [Salmo salar]
Grilsing	GCR_cBin2393_Ctg1_311	26.2	1.1	AGKD01000933	Salmo salar clone ssal-rgf-503-163 E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase UBR3 putative mRNA, partial cds	E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase UBR3 [Salmo salar]