Table 1.
Candidate genes of lipogenesis selected from QTL analysis
| Gene symbol | Gene name | Matching chromosome position | Percentage relevant to lipid homeostasis (By acumenta literature lab viewer) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chr of our genes | Chr in Reed's papers (Reed et al. 2003, 2006; Lin et al. 2013) | Fatty acid biosynthesis (%) | Oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acid (%) | Fatty acid metabolism (%) | ||
| Acss2 | Acyl‐CoA synthetase short‐chain family member 2 | Chr 2 77.26 cM | D2Mit224 74.0 | 0.86 | 0.08 | 1.00 |
| Acly | ATP citrate lyase | Chr 11 63.47 cM | D11Mit199 62 | 24.65 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Elovl6 | ELOVL family member 6, elongation of long‐chain fatty acids (yeast) | Chr 3 58.05 cM | D3Mit10 49.7 | 1.76 | 0.56 | 7.04 |
| Scd1 | Stearoyl‐coenzyme A desaturase 1 | Chr 19 37.98 cM | D19Mit11 41 | 19.09 | 13.66 | 56.64 |
| Acaca | Acetyl‐coenzyme A carboxylase alpha | Chr 11 51.29 cM | D11Mit41 49 | 50.96 | 0.88 | 17.76 |
| Slc25a1 | Solute carrier family 25 (mitochondrial carrier, citrate transporter), member 1 | Chr 16 11.11 cM | D16Mit3 21 | 0.02 | — | — |
(Chr, chromosome; D4Mit42, DNA segment, Chr 4, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 42).