Table 1 Description of the different SNP chips and the SNP subsets
| SNP Chip | Chip Name | #SNPs |
|---|---|---|
| Illumina 6 K | Illumina BovineLD BeadChip | 6,909 |
| Illumina 50 K | Illumina BovineSNP50 BeadChip | 54,001 |
| Illumina 777 K | 777 K BovineHD BeadChip | 786,799 |
| Affymetrix 660 K | Axiom Genome-Wide BOS 1 Array | 648,875 |