Simple Summary The cytokine-activated Janus kinase (JAK)—signal transducer and
activator of transcription (STAT) pathway has an important role in the regulation of immunity …

Genotype data from dairy cattle selection programs have greatly facilitated GWAS to identify
variants related to economic traits. Results can enhance the accuracy of genomic prediction …

ABSTRACTS Genome-wide association studies are a powerful tool to identify genomic
regions and variants associated with phenotypes. However, only limited mutual confirmation …

Background Single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (SSGBLUP) is a
comprehensive method for genomic prediction. Point estimates of marker effects from …

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have been widely used to determine the genetic
architecture of quantitative traits in dairy cattle. In this study, with the aim of identifying …

Background Improving resistance to mastitis, one of the costliest diseases in dairy
production, has become an important objective in dairy cattle breeding. However, mastitis …

Background In recent years, there has been increased interest in the study of the molecular
processes that affect semen traits. In this study, our aim was to identify quantitative trait loci …

Contents of milk fatty acids (FA) display remarkable alterations along climatic gradients.
Detecting candidate genes underlying such alterations might be beneficial for the …

Backgrounds Bovine mastitis is a typical inflammatory disease causing seriously economic
loss. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) can be a powerful method to promote marker …

Genome-wide association mapping using dense marker sets has identified some nucleotide
variants affecting complex traits that have been validated with fine-mapping and functional …