Quantitative gene-chip analysis results showing the numbers of genes differentially expressed >2 fold with an adjusted p = value100 a.u. intensity for the higher group.

Upregulated (A) refers to genes that are higher in the first group in the row compared to (vs) the second group in the row. Downregulated (B) refers to genes that are lower in the first group in the row compared to (vs) the second group in the row. For example upregulated in FC vs LC means higher expression in Fat line Control fed than in (vs) Lean line Control fed. Only diet based (high fat v control diet) and strain based (Fat v Lean) comparisons are shown. All results are from the subcutaneous fat pad that showed the most divergent response to high fat (HF) feeding. FC; Fat line control diet, FF; Fat line HF diet, LC; Lean line control diet, LF; Lean line HF diet. The left column shows the total number of differentially expressed genes (Genome wide) and then those that lie within the 95% confidence interval of the major QTLs Fobs1-4 [5]. This number is also expressed as a percentage of the Genome wide number (%) in parentheses.