Table 4

Putative candidate genes in candidate QTL regions for inguinal and scrotal hernias. The most promising regions on SSC1, SSC2, SSC5, SSC6, SSC7, SSC15 and SSC17 are shown, as well as the homologous regions in human.

QTL region1

Homologous regions in human2

Putative candidate genes


SSC1 p25 – q14

HSA6 q25

Collagen typeIXα (COL9A1), Estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)

HSA18 p11.2 – p11.32

SSC2 p14 – q23

HSA5 q12 – q35

HSA11 q13 – p15

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)

HSA19 p13.1 – p13.3

Insulin like hormone 3 (INSL3), Mullerian-inhibiting substance (MIS)

SSC5 q11 – q22

HSA12 q11.2 – p13

Collagen type II (COL2A1)

SSC6 q27 – q32

HSA1 p22 – p36.3

Insulin-like hormone 5 (INSL5)

HSA18 q12 – p11.32

SSC7 q11 – q15

HSA15 q12 – q26

Cytochrome P450, family19A1 (CYP19A1)

SSC7 q24 – q26

HSA14 q11.2 – q32

SSC15

HSA2 q11.2 – q21

SSC17 p11 and p21

HSA5 and HSA20


1Based on the cytogenetic maps we suggest where the microsatellite markers are physically mapped to the porcine genome [48,49]

2This is seen from comparative mapping between pig and human [24,25,26,27,50]

Grindflek et al. BMC Genetics 2006 7:25   doi:10.1186/1471-2156-7-25

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