Table 5 Dairy traits affected by the quantitative trait loci, with the breed for bovine, caprine, and ovine species.

From: In silico identification of variations in microRNAs with a potential impact on dairy traits using whole ruminant genome SNP datasets

Trait

Bovine

Caprine

Ovine

Holstein

Normande

Montbéliarde

Alpine

Saanen

Lacaune

Manech

α-lactalbumin content

a-LA

X

X

X

    

β-lactoglobulin content

b-LG

X

X

X

  

X

 

αs1-casein content

as1-CN

X

X

X

  

X

X

αs2-casein content

as2-CN

X

X

X

  

X

X

β-casein content

b-CN

X

X

X

  

X

X

κ-casein content

k-CN

X

X

X

  

X

 

Total caseins

s-CN

X

X

X

  

X

X

Milk yield

MILK

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

Fat yield

FAT

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

Protein yield

PROT

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

Fat content

FC

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

Protein content

PC

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

Somatic cell score

SCS

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

Clinical mastitis

CM

X

X

X

    

Monounsaturated fatty acids

MUFA

     

X

X

Polyunsaturated fatty acids

PUFA

     

X

 

Unsaturated fatty acids

UFA

     

X

X

Saturated fatty acids

SFA

     

X

X

Solid proteins

SP

      

X

  1. The abbreviations of the trait annotations are specified in the table.