Fig. 1

Overview of the analytical workflow. Abbreviations: ILW, Italian Large White; IDU, Italian Duroc; ILA, Italian Landrace; PCA, Principal Component Analysis; ROC-AUC, Receiver Operating Characteristic curve and Area Under the Curve; MWU, Mann-Whitney U test; MDG, Mean Decrease Gini; OOB, Out-Of-Bag; LMs, Linear Models; QC, Quality Control; Δ%, relative concentration difference between breeds.