Additional file 1. Distribution of the functional consequences of the called variants (n = 33,328,447 SNPs) using the Variant Effect Predictor (VEP) tool.
Litter size (LS), an important economic trait in livestock, is so complicate that involves many aspects of reproduction, the underlying mechanism of which particularly in goat has always been scanty.
1 Position in base pairs relative to the H. ducreyi 35000HP genome (NC_002940.2).2 PCR amplicon alignment length in base pairs, including indels.3 Tajima's D statistic of selection; positive values in