Table 3 The top genetic markers associated with the microbiota genera (i.e., Domain: Bacteria, Phylum: Actinobacteria, Class: Coriobacteriia, Order: Coriobacteriales, Family: Coriobacteriaceae) explained the most variance in the variation of methane emission.

From: Bayesian modeling reveals host genetics associated with rumen microbiota jointly influence methane emission in dairy cows

Chromosome

Position

Allele 1

Allele 2

Frequency

Effect size

Standard error

p value

2

34537333

A

G

0.37

0.23

0.06

2.4e−4

3

29880508

A

G

0.22

0.29

0.07

1.2e−4

9

51243021

G

A

0.36

−0.24

0.06

1.6e−4

9

53197668

G

A

0.43

−0.23

0.06

2.2e−4

14

66907798

G

A

0.22

−0.29

0.07

1.3e−4

16

64516788

G

A

0.01

0.95

0.260

2.5e−4

17

57109193

A

G

0.38

0.27

0.07

6.1e−5

17

74925889

A

G

0.40

0.25

0.07

1.7e−4

25

37693781

A

G

0.41

−0.23

0.06

2.5e−4

25

39844749

A

G

0.21

−0.28

0.08

2.5e−4

  1. The effect sizes of SNP are in one unit of natural log transformed and standardized microbiota OTU data.
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