Functional confirmation of PLAG1 as the candidate causative gene underlying major pleiotropic effects on body weight and milk characteristics.

Interestingly, rs109815800 showed significant associations for all milk traits using these models ( Table 4 ), including a highly significant reduction in milk fat yield, and decreases in milk volume and protein yield in animals carrying the PLAG1 high-expression ‘G’ allele.

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