Table 2.

Correlation analysis between backfat thickness and various genes in York pigs.

Projects	Backfat thickness	IDI1	ACACA	ELOVL5	PLAC8	SLC2A4	THRSP	CHPT1
Backfat thickness	1
IDI1	0.921**	1
ACACA	0.935**	0.959**	1
ELOVL5	0.916**	0.991**	0.952**	1
PLAC8	0.934**	0.959**	0.948**	0.967**	1
SLC2A4	0.908**	0.928**	0.965**	0.910**	0.873*	1
THRSP	0.884**	0.915**	0.967**	0.918**	0.915**	0.970**	1
CHPT1	−0.928**	−0.889**	−0.885**	−0.890**	−0.955**	−0.855*	−0.898**	1

The *symbol indicates the significant difference (P <0.05). The **symbol indicates extremely significant difference (P <0.01).