Table 2. Significant selection regions that harbor candidate genes for stature identified by composite selection signals in all analyses of European and African cohorts.

Region	BTA	Location (Mb)	Top 0.1 (1)% SNPs	Candidate Genes	Candidate Population	Source of Discovery (References)
1	3	9.35–10.06	1 (15)	DUSP23	European large	Human (Lanktree et al. 2011)
2	3	24.00–24.83	1 (9)	SPAG17	African large	Human (Weedon et al. 2008; Kim et al. 2010)
3	3	50.62–56.96	5 (47)	PKN2	European small	Human (Lanktree et al. 2011)
4	3	105.09–106.96	11 (30)	SCMH1	African large	Human (Weedon et al. 2008)
5	5	26.88–27.50	4 (8)	ATP5G2, ATF7	European small	Human (Okada et al. 2010)
6	6	38.29–39.75	10 (29)	NCAPG, LCORL	European large	Human, cattle, and horse (Gudbjartsson et al. 2008; Weedon et al. 2008; Soranzo et al. 2009; Lango Allen et al. 2010; Okada et al. 2010; Pryce et al. 2011)
7	7	43.42–46.75	20 (36)	CAMLG, DDX46, TXNDC15, CATSPER3, PITX1a	European small	Human (Gudbjartsson et al. 2008)
8	8	83.05–83.89	3 (13)	FBP2, PTCH1	African small	Human and cattle (Weedon et al. 2008; Kim et al. 2010; Lanktree et al. 2011; Pryce et al. 2011)
9	10	59.38–59.97	1 (12)	CYP19A1	African small	Human (Okada et al. 2010; Lanktree et al. 2011)
10	14	24.79–28.25	21 (66)	TGS1, LYN, RPS20, MOS, PLAG1, CHCHD7, SDR16C5, RDHE2, PENK	European large	Human, cattle, and horse (Gudbjartsson et al. 2008; Soranzo et al. 2009; Okada et al. 2010; Lango Allen et al. 2010; Lettre et al. 2008; Pryce et al. 2011)
11	19	27.64–28.63	6 (16)	POLR2A	European large	Human (Lanktree et al. 2011)
12	19	48.01–49.01	1 (14)	WDR68, MAP3K3, LYK5, GH1	African small	Human (Gudbjartsson et al. 2008; Soranzo et al. 2009; Lanktree et al. 2011)

^aCandidate gene locus is localized slightly over 1 Mb in the surrounding of a significant region.