Multibreed genome wide association can improve precision of mapping causative variants underlying milk production in dairy cattle

Table 5 Comparison of the proportion of SNP occurring within genes in the whole genome (632 K SNP) and SNP significant (P < 10 ^-8 ) in the multibreed and single breed analyses

	Proportion of SNP Within Genes
	632 K SNP	Multibreed (P < 10^-8)	Holsteins (P < 10^-8)	Jerseys (P < 10^-8)
Fat	0.319	0.381	0.361	0.324
Milk	0.319	0.348	0.330	0.323
Protein	0.319	0.363	0.329	0.327
Fat%	0.319	0.374	0.356	0.332
Protein%	0.319	0.327	0.332	0.311
SCC	0.319	0.375	0.200	0.399
Survival	0.319	0.296	0.344	0.392
Mamm D	0.319	0.150	0.328	0.191

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