Contributors
Saher Islam: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
SoftwareRole: ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Umesh K. Reddy:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4611-7143
Role: InvestigationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole:
Writing – review & editing
Purushothaman Natarajan: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Software
Venkata Lakshmi Abburi: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Software
Amna Arshad Bajwa: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Muhammad Imran: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Muhammad Yasir Zahoor: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Muhammad Abdullah: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Aamir Mehmood Bukhari: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Sajid Iqbal: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Kamran Ashraf: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Asif Nadeem: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Habibur Rehman: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Imran Rashid: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Wasim Shehzad: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
VisualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Peter J. Hansen: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
24
November
2020
Publication date Collection: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 11
Electronic Location Identifier: e0242500
Affiliations
[1
]
Institute of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Lahore, Pakistan
[2
]
Department of Biology, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia, United
States of America
[3
]
Department of Livestock Production, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Pattoki, Pakistan
[4
]
Semen Production Unit, Qadirabad, District Sahiwal, Pakistan
[5
]
Livestock and Dairy Development Department, Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
[6
]
Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore,
Pakistan
[7
]
Department of Physiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
University of Florida, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-20-05322
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242500
PMC ID: 7685427
PubMed ID: 33232358
SO-VID: 59bb2fa1-a34e-472f-8d20-0ec75137dd0a
Copyright © © 2020 Islam et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 24
February
2020
Date
accepted
: 3
November
2020
Page count
Figures: 8,
Tables: 3,
Pages: 24
Funding
Funded by: Punjab Agricultural Research Board, Lahore
Award ID: Project No-492
Award Recipient
:
Saher Islam
This research was funded by the Punjab Agricultural Research Board, Lahore [Project
No-492], and Higher Education Commission Pakistan.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Nutrition
Subject:
Diet
Subject:
Beverages
Subject:
Milk
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Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Nutrition
Subject:
Diet
Subject:
Beverages
Subject:
Milk
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Milk
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Milk
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
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Body Fluids
Subject:
Milk
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Genetics
Subject:
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Genetics
Subject:
Genomics
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Computational Biology
Subject:
Genome Analysis
Subject:
Genome-Wide Association Studies
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Genetics
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Genomics
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Genome Analysis
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Genome-Wide Association Studies
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Genetics
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Human Genetics
Subject:
Genome-Wide Association Studies
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
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Animals
Subject:
Vertebrates
Subject:
Amniotes
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Mammals
Subject:
Bovines
Subject:
Cattle
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Zoology
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Vertebrates
Subject:
Amniotes
Subject:
Mammals
Subject:
Bovines
Subject:
Cattle
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Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Vertebrates
Subject:
Amniotes
Subject:
Mammals
Subject:
Ruminants
Subject:
Cattle
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Zoology
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Vertebrates
Subject:
Amniotes
Subject:
Mammals
Subject:
Ruminants
Subject:
Cattle
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Cell Biology
Subject:
Chromosome Biology
Subject:
Chromosomes
Subject:
Chromosome Structure and Function
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Ecological Metrics
Subject:
Species Diversity
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Ecological Metrics
Subject:
Species Diversity
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Asia
Subject:
Pakistan
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