Table 3 Markers associated with muscularity in the Marchigiana and Chianina breeds.

From: Population structure and identification of genomic regions associated with productive traits in five Italian beef cattle breeds

Genome-wide significant associations

rs

BTA

bp

A1

MAF

β

SE (β)

P-value

Candidate genesa

Marchigiana

MSTN_SNP

2

6283727

T

0.132

0.9037

0.0887

3.64E−23

MSTN

rs43286831

2

4636218

A

0.296

0.3858

0.0628

1.22E−09

AMMECR1L, SFT2D3, LIMS2, MYO7B, SAP130, UGGT1, HS6ST1

rs109358737

2

1283089

G

0.235

0.4146

0.0720

1.14E−08

TUBGCP5, IMP4, PTPN18, AMER3, ARHGEF4, CYFIP1, NIPA1, NIPA2, HERC2

rs43109236

2

8826383

A

0.227

0.3979

0.0714

3.37E−08

TFPI, CALCRL

rs110371799

2

5909758

G

0.450

0.2904

0.0577

5.73E−07

MFSD6, NAB1, INPP1, NEMP2, HIBCH, C2H2orf88, MSTN

rs133461879

2

8634840

A

0.280

0.3262

0.0678

1.75E−06

TFPI, CALCRL

Chianina

rs41624840

14

27376642

A

0.467

0.2557

0.0869

1.27E−06

ASPH, CLVS1, NKAIN3

  1. rs SNP identifier according to the Ensembl database, BTA Bos taurus autosome, bp position in base pairs, A1 minor allele, MAF minor allele frequency, β allelic substitution effect, SE (β) standard error of β.
  2. aGenes previously associated to growth and productive traits in cattle in a range of 0.5 Mbp from the significant SNP.
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