Table 5.

Summary of candidate genes from QTLs for head size in Yellow River carp.

Traits	QTL	LG	Gene name	Gene start	Gene end	Annotation
HL	HL8	8	mGluR8	2862631	2924019	Metabotropic glutamate receptor 8
	HL15	15	igf3	6453808	6456799	Insulin-like growth factor 3
			nras	3772910	3775277	GTPase NRas
	HL34	34	slc8a1	9307807	9389516	Sodium/calcium exchanger 1
HBR	HBR3	3	bambi	6831883	6835733	BMP and activin membrane-bound inhibitor homolog
			brinp3	15599984	15649304	BMP/retinoic acid-inducible neural-specific protein 3
	HBR5	5	cd62l	26777327	26799978	L-selectin
			tcf20	26859180	26869590	Transcription factor 20
	HBR8	8	igf1	10938104	10948207	Insulin-like growth factor I
			apaf1	11240066	11267749	Apoptotic protease-activating factor 1
	HBR9	9	astn2	3666252	3758201	Astrotactin-2
	HBR15	15	igf3	6453808	6456799	Insulin-like growth factor 3
			pdzd4	11133352	11148182	PDZ domain-containing protein 4
			notch2	9664850	9698111	Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 2
			ocstamp	12867795	12872198	Osteoclast stimulatory transmembrane protein
	HBR32	32	grb10	14901703	14966162	Growth factor receptor-bound protein 10
	HBR42a	42	tgfb1	9282798	9286738	Transforming growth factor beta-1
	HBR42b		chk1	9822817	9825726	Serine/threonine-protein kinase Chk1
			il7r-α	9767788	9769952	Interleukin-7 receptor subunit alpha
			skp2	9738127	9743090	S-phase kinase-associated protein 2
ED	ED11	11	espl1	8449618	8461291	Separin
EC	EC12	12	pik3r3	18123344	18135519	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma
			pik3r1	17996051	18000702	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha
	EC14	14	igf1r	5032149	5099651	Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
			irs1	7026279	7029442	Insulin receptor substrate 1-B
	EC50	50	sfrp2	17938832	17941016	Secreted frizzled-related protein 2

HL, head length; HBR, head length/body length ratio; ED, eye diameter; EC, eye cross.