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Table 1 Hotspots on each chromosome found using Hellinger distance (HD) and the genome-wide approach (GW) and the proportion of cis-acting eQTLs in hotspots on the chromosome.

From: A statistical approach to finding overlooked genetic associations

chromosome

HD

cis HD eQTLs

GW

cis GW eQTLs

3

5

0/27

1

0/29

4

2

5/9

0

0

5

6

6/191

8

12/439

7

2

0/11

0

0

8

2

0/14

0

0

9

1

0/7

1

1/12

10

1

0/4

0

0

12

2

0/12

1

0/18

14

1

0/4

0

0

  1. Cis-acting eQTLs were defined as those which are most strongly associated to markers on the chromosome they appear in.