Table 1. Genotyped and imputed markers across the nine analyzed QTL.

GGAa	QTLb	Startc (bp)	Endc (bp)	QTL Size (bp)	Markers AILd	Markers 60ke	Markers Totalf	Marker Densityg
1	Growth1	169 634 954	181 087 961	11 453 008	26	504	530	46
2	Growth2	47 929 675	65 460 002	17 530 328	33	667	700	40
2	Growth3	124 333 151	133 581 122	9 247 972	19	395	414	45
3	Growth4	24 029 841	68 029 533	43 999 693	57	1885	1942	44
4	Growth6	1 354 213	13 511 203	12 156 991	23	514	537	44
4	Growth7	85 459 943	88 832 107	3 372 165	14	141	155	46
5	Growth8	33 696 791	39 052 438	5 355 648	5	221	226	42
7	Growth9	10 916 819	35 491 706	24 574 888	76	1397	1473	60
20	Growth12	7 109 709	13 899 993	6 790 285	28	883	911	134

^aGallus Gallus Autosome.

^bQTL names as in Jacobsson et al. (2005).

^cBase pair position according to Chicken genome assembly (galGal3) of May 2006.

^dMarkers as in Besnier et al. (2011).

^eMarkers as in Johansson et al. (2010).

^fTotal markers in ^d and ^e.

^gMarkers/Mb.