Table 3 Previously unreported candidate variants identified using the WGS canids catalog

From: Whole genome sequencing of canids reveals genomic regions under selection and variants influencing morphology

Associated phenotype

Gene/lncRNA

Definition/function

P value (Wald test)

Locus/position

Best candidate variation(s)

Height (long legs)

ESR1

Estrogen receptor 1

2.31E-11

chr1:42085782-42573240

Intronic SNPs

Height, weight

LCORL a

Ligand-dependent nuclear receptor corepressor like

4.04E-23

chr3:91269525

Indel in the last exon - lead to a STOP codon

Drop ears

TCONS_00016758 a TCONS_00016759 a

Mutated lncRNA 29 kb downstream the last exon of MSRB3

7.63E-24

chr10:8070103

Exonic SNP in one lincRNA

Weight

ZNF608 locus

Zinc finger protein 608

9.53E-15

chr11:13906259-14081398

SNPs 200 kb downstream the last exon

Weight, bulky

R3HDM1 a

R3H domain containing 1

2.17E-13

chr19:38303408

CpG island - promoter

Weight

ADAMTS9-AS a

ADAM metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type 1 motif 9

1.21E-13

chr20:26692625

exonic variant

Bulky breed

HNF4G a

Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 gamma

1.95E-10

chr29:23802662

3’UTR SNP

  1. aMutated transcript