Table 3.

Significant loci determined from the association analysis.

Traits	Chr	Pos	AF	Beta	P-value	Candidate gene	Var
BW21	1	144669723	0.401	−2.60E-01	2.07E-06	SLC10A2	3.2%
	7	1934505	0.497	2.56E-01	1.90E-05	SLC39A10	3.3%
	9	18257856	0.417	2.22E-01	2.75E-05	DNAJC19	2.4%
ADG	1	41265192	0.011	9.99E-03	4.60E-06	Intergenic	2.2%
FI	28	3372077	0.024	−7.24E-01	1.48E-05	LOC101803004	2.5%
	14	9011487	0.064	4.54E-01	2.03E-05	LOC101797452	2.5%
	1	85234035	0.455	−2.47E-01	2.35E-05	LOC101789880	3%
	1	182200072	0.444	2.16E-01	2.52E-05	RNF17	2.3%
FCR	6	25158157	0.304	2.67E-01	1.65E-06	SORCS1	3%
	1	193602840	0.476	−2.56E-01	1.29E-05	LOC101790948	3.3%
	1	114359947	0.371	2.31E-01	1.72E-05	IL1RAPL1	2.5%
	1	151821915	0.294	−2.33E-01	2.34E-05	LOC101799741	2.3%
	2	144490455	0.413	−2.24E-01	2.83E-05	LOC101801644	2.4%
RFI	1	182200072	0.444	2.48E-01	1.65E-06	RNF17	3.%
	1	188132623	0.012	9.86E-01	7.28E-06	CCDC82	2.3%
	1	45549287	0.164	2.99E-01	1.61E-05	ELK3	2.5%

Pos, position; AF, minor allele frequency; Beta, the estimate coefficient; Var, % of phenotypic variance explained by the top SNP.; ADG, average daily gain during the test; BW21, body weight at 21-days; BW42, body weight at 42-days; FI, feed intake; FCR, feed conversion ratio; RFI, residual feed intake.