Table 5 Enriched biological processes for 39 genes holding significant SNPs ( P -value < 0.05) for feed efficiency traits

Ion transport

8

0.006

618639, 518905, 281701, 530393, 540113, 510792, 282411, 614299

Cation transport

7

0.004

618639, 518905, 530393, 540113, 510792, 282411, 614299

Phosphorus metabolic process

7

0.057

504429, 533815, 540329, 540113, 100048947, 281848, 512125

Phosphorylation

6

0.072

504429, 533815, 540113, 100048947, 281848, 512125

Metal ion transport

5

0.034

618639, 518905, 530393, 282411, 614299

Regulation of transcription

5

0.762

517336, 509259, 529124, 540474, 784720

Protein amino acid phosphorylation

5

0.126

504429, 533815, 100048947, 281848, 512125

Monovalent inorganic cation transport

4

0.060

618639, 518905, 540113, 614299

Regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent

4

0.722

517336, 529124, 540474, 784720

Transmembrane transport

4

0.236

512725, 281701, 540113, 282411

Proteolysis

3

0.756

617222, 524684, 534774

Intracellular signalling cascade

3

0.643

530393, 614507, 281848

Regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter

3

0.290

517336, 540474, 784720

Transcription

3

0.636

509259, 529124, 784720

RNA processing

3

0.320

100048947, 512925, 281712

Potassium ion transport

2

0.359

618639, 614299

Nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid biosynthetic process

2

0.497

540113, 510792

Calcium ion transport

2

0.279

530393, 282411

Regulation of homeostatic process

2

0.152

530393, 282411

Response to abiotic stimulus

2

0.448

509602, 530393

Negative regulation of programmed cell death

2

0.476

509602, 282032

Protein complex biogenesis

2

0.545

509259, 281848

Determination of symmetry

2

0.067

497208, 530393

Microtubule-based process

2

0.441

497208, 512287

Blood vessel morphogenesis

2

0.351

282689, 282032

Protein transport

2

0.833

282044, 614507

Protein amino acid autophosphorylation

2

0.130

281848, 512125

Neurological system process

2

0.679

281701, 538198

Oxidation reduction

2

0.899

280951, 532512

mNRA metabolic process

2

0.495

100048947, 281712

Cell-cell adhesion

1

1.000

540672

Protein amino acid glycosylation

1

1.000

532545

Muscle cell development

1

1.000

529759

Amino acid transport

1

1.000

511955