Characterization of the QTL regions.

Minor allele frequency (MAF), minor genotypic frequency (MGF), −log10 (P-values) of the association analysis, additive () and dominance () effect estimates, proportion of the total phenotypic variance () explained by the additive and dominance variances ( and ) based on the most significant SNP of each QTL region.1SSC: Sus scrofa chromosome;*Contrast to evaluate the mode of gene action was significant (P2Additive effects expressed in absolute values.Characterization of the QTL regions.