TABLE 9.

Effects in data set II contained by vector β in the best model as selected by λ and BIC

Trait	Criterion	First lactation
Milk yield	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s522 s1 × s5
Protein yield	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s522 s1 × s5
Fat yield	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s522
Protein content	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122
Fat content	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s522 s1 × s5
Trait	Criterion	Later lactations
Milk yield	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s522 s1 × s5
Protein yield	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s522 s1 × s5
Fat yield	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s522 s1 × s5
Protein content	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s522
Fat content	λ, BIC	μ s111 s112 s122 s511 s512 s1 × s5

sX_ij represents effects of the ijth genotype of the Xth SNP, s1 × s5 represents effect of interaction between snp1 and snp5.