Table 5.

Known meat production related genes included in the list of genes with differentially methylated regions (DMRs) in their flanking region and gene bodies

Differentially methylated regions (DMR)						Previous published studies for DMR related genes
Chromosome	Start	End	Type	Gene elements	Gene	Animal	Phenotype	Reference
14	47508715	47510424	hypomethylation	Exon	RYR1	Pig	Daily weight gain	Kadarmideen [14]
19	56580593	56581899	hypomethylation	Exon	PPARG2	Cattle	Carcass traits	Fan et al [15]
7	84215883	84217928	hypermethylation	Promoter	TGFB3	Chicken	Growth traits	Jin et al [16]
5	1961358	1961794	hypermethylation	Intron	ADAMTS2	Sheep	Post-weaning gain	Zhang et al [4]
5	1961358	1961794	hypermethylation	Intron	ADAMTS2	Cattle	fat content of muscle	Lee et al [17]
11	28039026	28040412	hypomethylation	Intron	NTN1	Sheep	Post-weaning gain	Zhang et al [4]
16	4132670	4134204	hypomethylation	Exon	SH3PXD2B	Mice	Postnatal growth	Mao et al [18]
16	4134519	4135224	hypomethylation	Intron	SH3PXD2B	Mice	Postnatal growth	Mao et al [18]
26	13938540	13939276	hypermethylation	Exon	ACSL1	Cattle	Fatty acids of skeletal muscle	Widmann et al [19]

RYR1, ryanodine receptor 1; PPARG2, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma 2; TGFB3, transforming growth factor beta 3; ADAMTS2, ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 2; NTN1, netrin 1; SH3PXD2B, SH3 and PX domains 2B; ACSL1, acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 1.