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Table 1 Traits, summary statistics, and trait categories of multiple-trait analysis

From: Identifying pleiotropic variants and candidate genes for fertility and reproduction traits in Holstein cattle via association studies based on imputed whole-genome sequence genotypes

Traits

Full names of traits

dEBVa

Accuracy

Trait categories used for multiple-trait analysisb

N

Mean

Min

Max

Mean

SD

H

C

S

HC

HCS

AFS

Age at first service

5,123

81

-1,790

1,992

0.56

0.02

√

  

√

√

FSTCh

First service to conception heifer

5,451

114

-1,934

2,134

0.55

0.03

√

  

√

√

NRRh

Non-return rate heifer

5,374

86

-1,939

2,137

0.55

0.03

√

  

√

√

CEh

Calving ease heifer

4,623

122

-1,726

1,925

0.56

0.02

√

  

√

√

CSh

Calf survival heifer

5,168

121

-1,887

2,082

0.55

0.03

√

  

√

√

CA

Calving ability

5,986

110

-1,881

2,074

0.56

0.02

√

√

 

√

√

CTFS

Calving to first service

4,800

125

-1,847

2,046

0.56

0.02

 

√

 

√

√

DO

Days open

5,034

93

-1,773

1,970

0.55

0.02

 

√

 

√

√

FSTCc

First service to conception cow

5,036

88

-1,835

2,032

0.55

0.02

 

√

 

√

√

NRRc

Non-return rate cow

5,283

105

-1,923

2,118

0.55

0.02

 

√

 

√

√

CEc

Calving ease cow

4,761

101

-1,814

2,012

0.56

0.02

 

√

 

√

√

CSc

Calf survival cow

5,045

122

-1,956

2,156

0.55

0.03

 

√

 

√

√

DCA

Daughter calving ability

5,191

116

-1,874

2,072

0.55

0.02

 

√

 

√

√

DF

Daughter fertility

5,529

106

-1,851

2,048

0.55

0.02

 

√

 

√

√

SCEh

Sire calving ease heifer

5,782

85

-1,974

2,167

0.56

0.02

  

√

 

√

SCEc

Sire calving ease cow

5,133

112

-1,974

2,171

0.56

0.02

  

√

 

√

SCSh

Sire calf survival heifer

4,687

109

-1,897

2,103

0.54

0.02

  

√

 

√

SCSc

Sire calf survival cow

3,803

113

-1,887

2,100

0.53

0.02

  

√

 

√

  1. adEBV: deregressed estimated breeding values
  2. bThe trait categories are defined with respective to heifers (H), cows (C), sires (S), heifers and cows (HC), and all the animals together (HCS), respectively