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Table 1 The most significant SNP at QTL detected across trait-cat meta-analyses and potential candidate genes

From: Multi-trait meta-analyses reveal 25 quantitative trait loci for economically important traits in Brown Swiss cattle

Trait category

BTA

Position (bp)

RefSNP id

Annotation

MAF

P value

N of traits

Candidate gene(s)

Milk production

5

93,945,655

rs134637616

Intron

0.26

3.26 × 10− 67

5

MGST1

6

87,172,459

rs109761275

Intergenic

0.30

1.35 × 10− 24

2

Casein genes

11

103,302,351

rs110186753

Intron

0.33

7.47 × 10−16

1

PAEP

14

2,538,953

rs109673915

Intron

0.20

2.29 × 10−26

2

GPIHBP1

16d

1,588,321

rs109375222

Intergenic

0.41

3.07 × 10−8

1

–

20

29,987,376

rs133636599

Intergenic

0.14

2.97 × 10−12

2

GHR

27d

36,274,982

rs133883836

Intergenic

0.23

5.91 × 10−10

1

AGPAT6

Body size

1d

59,332,879

rs137415420

Intron

0.34

5.57 × 10− 10

0

DRD3

3

120,159,650

rs42818065

Intergenic

0.35

2.90 × 10−8

0

–

11d

104,496,081

rs110574932

Intron

0.07

5.63 × 10−8

0

DBH

26

22,133,617

rs42088986

Intron

0.24

1.00 × 10−14

1

BTRC

Leg conformation

3

120,211,603

rs109854637

Intergenic

0.34

1.48 × 10−10

0

–

13d

60,593,663

rs110597649

Intergenic

0.16

4.13 × 10−13

2

RSPO4

26

22,717,514

rs134127590

Intergenic

0.31

5.92 × 10−10

1

BTRC

Mammary gland morphology

3

120,265,990

rs136664568

Downstream gene

0.33

3.44 × 10−12

2

–

5d

12,507,199

rs110171876

Intron

0.08

7.22 × 10−8

0

TMTC2

6

90,631,225

rs133549245

Upstream gene

0.27

2.94 × 10−29

2

RASSF6

17

62,697,699

rs137563207

Intergenic

0.24

2.62 × 10−46

9

TBX5, RBM19

19d

23,233,071

rs41584904

Downstream gene

0.10

4.97 × 10−8

0

PITPNA

Body conformation (shared)

5

31,524,629

rs110940367

Downstream gene

0.36

a1.39 × 10−9

c1.20 × 10−15

0

2

–

 

25

1,455,150

rs133315098

Intergenic

0.44

a2.22 × 10−19

b4.47 × 10− 10

c1.00 × 10− 10

6

0

0

IGFALS

Fertility

17d

70,735,784

rs136040855

3′ UTR

0.14

1.22 × 10−12

2

GAS2L1, ASCC2

Calving

9d

24,850,498

rs42227651

Intergenic

0.17

3.54 × 10−10

0

RSPO3

19d

9,600,700

rs136348444

Intron

0.09

7.92 × 10−10

1

–

21

913,715

rs108992215

Intergenic

0.15

5.49 × 10−41

2

MAGEL2

25

1,489,008

rs109557202

Intron

0.44

1.48 × 10−14

3

IGFALS

Growth and carcass quality

10d

59,164,533

rs43636323

Intergenic

0.34

1.65 × 10−9

0

CYP19A1

Milking speed

6

90,443,733

rs133851432

Intergenic

0.26

1.96 × 10−12

1

RASSF6

 

19d

7,610,453

rs110598898

Downstream gene

0.20

4.32 × 10−9

1

–

Longevity

20d

34,160,944

rs135463978

Intergenic

0.26

6.43 × 10−8

0

–

 

25

1,455,150

rs133315098

Intergenic

0.44

8.90 × 10−11

1

IGFALS

  1. The positions of the QTL correspond to the UMD3.1 assembly of the bovine genome
  2. BTA Bos Taurus autosome
  3. MAF minor allele frequency
  4. RefSNP id Reference SNP ID
  5. N of traits Number of significant single-trait associations
  6. a P value for body size
  7. b P value for leg conformation
  8. c P value for mammary gland morphology
  9. d marks QTL missed in the 99-trait meta-analysis