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Table 4 Number of markers within genes or regulatory region and the proportion of variation that can be explained by markers within genes

From: Estimates of marker effects for measures of milk flow in the Italian brown Swiss dairy cattle population

Number of markers with largest effects

TMT1

AT

TP

DT

MMF

AVGF

25

8

12

9

7

10

7

50

13

20

21

13

13

12

100

29

41

34

31

34

25

300

82

100

94

88

93

95

3000

940

929

917

935

939

929

10000

3,085

3,026

2,996

3,056

3,076

3,055

All significant markers

3,489

2,839

2,154

4,142

4,362

4,331

Total number of Markers within Gene or Regulatory Region

11,612

9,425

6,929

13,590

14,585

14,178

Proportion of Variation explained from Markers within genes and regulatory regions

31.4%

31.7%

30.7%

30.1%

29.9%

31.3%

  1. 1TMT - Total Milking Time;AT - Ascending Time; TP - Time of Plateau; DT - Descending Time; MMF - Maximum Milk Flow, AVGF – Average Milk Flow.