Table 4.
QTL detected for each trait: number of QTL detected, number of QTL that show an interaction, percentage of the variance explained across conditions and percentage of the variance explained within each condition
| Trait | Nb QTL | QTL diet | QTL age | Var (%) | Var LE (%) | Var HE (%) | Var 50 (%) | Var 70 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egg production traits | ||||||||
| EPR | 9 | 7 | – | 26.8 | 34.07 | 14.61 | NA | NA |
| EPR1 | 23 | 19 | – | 33.99 | 85.31 | 44.61 | NA | NA |
| EPR2 | 6 | 3 | – | 24.07 | 22.03 | 10.57 | NA | NA |
| EPR3 | 7 | 7 | – | 16.25 | 34.04 | 4.97 | NA | NA |
| Egg quality traits | ||||||||
| ESshape | 15 | 3 | 1 | 65.36 | 45.19 | 64.42 | 59.55 | 59.21 |
| EW | 12 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 49.5 | 50.58 | 58.48 | 47.96 |
| SLE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 26.37 | 24.23 | 29.05 | 25.2 |
| ESC | 27 | 3 | 1 | 105.35 | 96 | 91.37 | 93.76 | 101.89 |
| LSS | 24 | 0 | 0 | 102.11 | 90.47 | 90.02 | 94.44 | 95.84 |
| RSS | 19 | 3 | 1 | 85.97 | 81.79 | 68.54 | 76.94 | 81.68 |
| YSS | 15 | 6 | 0 | 61.1 | 58.58 | 43.54 | 51.71 | 51.02 |
| ESS | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27.16 | 22.7 | 26.37 | 21.88 | 27.47 |
| ESSTIF | 8 | 2 | 1 | 32.88 | 33.82 | 23.73 | 29.36 | 30.16 |
| EMTSP | 9 | 3 | 2 | 42.55 | 24.87 | 31.16 | 33.93 | 27.09 |
| HU | 11 | 2 | 7 | 39.26 | 24.8 | 34.79 | 36.08 | 28.62 |
| YOLKIND | 16 | 2 | 2 | 62.45 | 72.49 | 40.71 | 56.95 | 47.64 |
Nb QTL number of QTL detected for each trait, QTL diet number of QTL that show an interaction with diet; QTL age number of QTL that show an interaction with age, var LE variance explained for the low energy diet (%), var HE variance explained for the high energy diet, in percent; var 50 variance explained at 50 weeks of age (%), var 70 variance explained at 70 weeks of age (%)