The Application of Genomic Technologies to Investigate the Inheritance of Economically Important Traits in Goats

Table 2

List of candidate genes associated milk fat content and composition traits.

Gene	Associated phenotype	Reference
ACACA	Fat yield, lactose content, and somatic cell count	Badaoui et al. (2007) [45]
	Fat and protein percentages and yields	Federica et al. (2009) [46]
	Milk yield	Crepaldi et al. (2013) [47]
BTN1A1	Milk fat yield, total solid, solid-nonfat and first milk yield	Qu et al. (2011) [48]
DGAT1	Milk yield and fat content	An et al. (2012) [49]
DGAT2	Milk yield and fat content	An et al. (2011) [50]
GH	Milk fat and protein yields	Malveiro et al. (2001) [51]
	Milk yield and milk fat and protein percentages	Dettori et al. (2013) [52]
LIPE	Milk FA composition and fat content	Zidi et al. (2010) [53]
LPL	Milk fat content	Badaoui et al. (2007) [54]
	Milk yield	Crepaldi et al. (2013) [47]
ME1	Milk FA composition	Zidi et al. (2010) [55]
MFGE8	Milk fat yield and total solid	Qu et al. (2011) [48]
PITX2	Milk fat, lactose and solid content, and second lactation milk yield	Zhao et al. (2013) [56]
POUF1	Milk yield and milk fat and protein percentage	Daga et al. (2013) [57]
PRLR	Milk FA composition	Zidi et al. (2010) [58]
SCD1	Milk FA composition	Zidi et al. (2010) [59]
	Milk and protein yields	Crepaldi et al. (2013) [47]
STAT5	Milk yield and fat content	An et al. (2012) [49]