Table 3.

Genomic regions and candidate genes associated with the saturated fatty acid (SFA) profile of the Longissimus dorsi muscle of Santa Inês sheep

Trait	Nomenclature	Genomic Window	Length (Kb)	aVg (%)	Candidate genes
Myristic acid	C14:0	3:78397685–78915234	517,549	0.30	–
		3:99901070–100285876	384,806	0.33	NPAS2
		16:30002131–30349083	346,952	0.31	MRPS30
Palmitic acid	C16:0	3:107748212–108088562	340,350	0.67	TPH2, TRHDE
		16:55961351–56458897	497,546	0.32	CDH12
Stearic acid	C18:0	1:185195800–185614760	418,960	0.30	PARP14
		15:52854077–53676145	822,068	0.39	DGAT2, WNT11
Sum of SFA	SFAt	3:107809276–108146152	336,876	0.74	TPH2, TRHDE
		3:109215221–109694971	479,750	0.32	–
		14:11458148–11862331	404,183	0.30	–
		15:52854077–53676145	822,068	0.58	DGAT2, WNT11

^aadditive genetic variance explained by each window