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. 2021 Mar 22;11(3):904. doi: 10.3390/ani11030904

Table 2.

Candidate genes associated with different milk yield traits.

No. Trait Candidate Genes
1 Milk yield STAT1, STAT5A, LEP, MC4R, OXT, INSIG2, LALBA, BTN1A1, PRL, SCD, and SREBF1
2 Milk fat yield GHRL and A2M
3 Milk fat (%) STAT1, TG, A2M, DGAT1, GHRL, LEP, MC4R, PRL, SCD, and SREBF1
4 Milk protein (%) CSN1S1, DGAT1, GHRL, ADRA1A, A2M MTNR1A, PRL and SPP1, INSIG2, and MC4R