| LD | Linkage disequilibrium |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association study |
| DHI | Dairy Herd Improvement |
| TMR | Total mixed ration |
| LSM | Least squares mean |
| HWE | Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium |
| AIC | Akaike Information Criterion |
| BIC | Bayesian Information Criterion |
| WGS | Whole-genome sequencing |