SNP	Single nucleotide polymorphism
GWAS	Genome-wide association study
GS	genomic selection
CA	Covariate Adjustment
BIC	Bayesian Information Criterion
QTNs	pseudo-quantitative trait nucleotides
BLINK	Bayesian-information and linkage-disequilibrium iteratively nested keyway
PCs	The first three principal components
CW	Carcass weight
LW	Live weight
DP	Dressing percentage
MLM	Mixed linear model
gEBVs	Genomic estimated breeding values
GBTS	Genotyping by Target Sequencing
MAF	Minor allele frequency
PCA	Principal component analysis
NJ	Neighbor-joining
GAPIT	Genome association and prediction integrated tool
MAS	Marker-Assisted Selection
MABLUP	Marker-Assisted Best Linear Unbiased Prediction
LM	Linear model