Among the 211 unique named genes that differed (FDR = 0.1) between the ethanol and water groups in the VTA, there were 26 genes located within rat ethanol-preference QTLs (Table 1). There were 4 rat ethanol-preference QTLs that contained 4 or more genes: Alc18 (Ezh2, Gstk1. Gng12, Arhgap25, Tmem176a, Tmem176b); Alc11 (Aadat, Dctd, Sc4mol, Scrg1); Alc15 (Celsr2, Cd53, Lppr5, Ugt8); and Alc5 (Dusp1, Mpg, Slc9a3r2, Tekt4).
