Table 2 Allele and genotype frequencies for both linked and unlinked loci detected between three candidate genes (DRD4, SERT, and MC1R) in 180 female grey seals of Sable Island, Nova Scotia (Canada).

From: Genetic association with boldness and maternal performance in a free-ranging population of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)

Locus

Major/minor allele

Location

MAF

HObs

HExp

HW P value

Genotype (frequency)

Protein coding

DRD4

DRD4_1363a

C/T

Intron 3

0.116

0.17

0.21

0.168

CC (0.8)

CT (0.17)

TT (0.032)

DRD4_1496a

G/A

Intron 3

0.389

0.48

0.48

1.000

GG (0.37)

AG (0.47)

AA (0.15)

DRD4_1853a

C/T

Intron 3

0.331

0.37

0.44

0.204

CC (0.48)

CT (0.37)

TT (0.14)

SERT

SERT_2946

G/C

Intron 1

0.364

0.41

0.46

0.246

GG (0.43)

GC (0.41)

CC (0.16)

SERT_5987a

T/C

Intron 1

0.393

0.42

0.48

0.246

TT (0.4)

TC (0.42)

CC (0.18)

SERT_6056

G/T

Intron 1

0.356

0.44

0.46

0.700

GG (0.42)

GT (0.44)

TT (0.14)

SERT_6147

A/G

Intron 1

0.396

0.46

0.48

0.700

AA (0.38)

AG (0.46)

GG (0.17)

SERT_7235

A/T

Intron 1

0.261

AA (0.00)

AT (0.52)

TT (0.48)

SERT_7535

G/A

Intron 1

0.328

0.39

0.41

0.246

GG (0.48)

GA (0.39)

AA (0.13)

SERT_7540

A/G

Intron 1

0.210

0.19

0.33

0.000

GG (0.12)

GA (0.18)

AA (0.70)

SERT_11432

T/G

Intron 1

0.125

0.19

0.22

0.146

TT (0.78)

TG (0.18)

GG (0.03)

SERT_11673

C/G

Exon 2

0.138

0.25

0.24

0.700

CC (0.74)

CG (0.25)

GG (0.011)

Nonsynonymous

SERT_11689

C/T

Exon 2

0.478

0.92

0.50

0.000

CC (0.06)

CT (0.92)

TT (0.016)

Nonsynonymous

SERT_12472a

G/A

Intron 2

0.0819

0.13

0.15

0.204

GG (0.85)

AG (0.13)

AA (0.017)

SERT_15549

G/A

Intron 3

0.409

0.43

0.48

0.270

GG (0.38)

AG (0.43)

AA (0.19)

SERT_15636a

G/A

Intron 3

0.308

0.53

0.43

0.003

GG (0.43)

AG (0.53)

AA (0.04)

SERT_16657

C/G

Intron 4

0.286

0.41

0.41

1.000

CC (0.51)

CG (0.41)

GG (0.082)

 

MC1R

MC1R_126a

T/C

Exon 1

0.451

0.68

0.50

0.001

CC (0.11)

CT (0.68)

TT (0.21)

Synonymous

MC1R_740

A/T

Exon 1

0.348

AA (0.31)

AT (0.69)

TT (0.00)

Nonsynonymous

  1. Only unlinked loci were included in association analyses.
  2. aUnlinked loci that were included in association analyses.