Figure 6.

Identification of genomic regions associated with trait variations at multiple scales. (A) Distribution of the distances between colocalizing QTLs and pQTLs. (B) Detailed view of the QTL, pQTL, and coQTL detected in the region covered by the Hs52d hotspot on Chromosome 5. Dots represent the SNPs determining the position of the QTLs, and horizontal bars represent the linkage disequilibrium-based window around each SNP. Black circles indicate the pQTLs that colocalize with QTLs or coQTLs with a high correlation between protein abundance and the phenotypic trait value or the module eigengene. The position of two transcription factors, sbp1 (GRMZM2G111136) and col18 (GRMZM2G148772) that represent promising candidate genes, are indicated.