A 0.5-Mbp deletion on bovine chromosome 23 is a strong candidate for stillbirth in Nordic Red cattle

Table 1 Most significantly associated SNPs with direct calving traits obtained from linear mixed model analyses for the target region on chromosome 23

Trait	Top associated SNP	MAF	Allele substitution effect	SE	p value
BI	Chr23:13,313,896	0.059	−8.76	0.45	4.79e−80
SBF	Chr23:13,313,896	0.059	−7.35	0.45	8.09e−58
SBL	Chr23:13,313,896	0.059	−10.53	0.44	1.00e−120
CSF	Chr23:17,631,540	0.160	1.55	0.19	1.17e−16
CSL	Chr23:17,631,540	0.160	1.60	0.18	6.27e−19
CEF	Chr23:17,631,540	0.160	−1.86	0.21	3.34e−19
CEL	Chr23:17,581,154	0.145	−2.52	0.24	1.26e−25

Suffix F and L are for first and later calvings
Effects and SE are given in breeding index units
BI birth index, SB stillbirth, CE calving ease, CS calf size, MAF minor allele frequency, SE standard error

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