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Table 4 Milk and mammary gene average dN/dS

From: The bovine lactation genome: insights into the evolution of mammalian milk

Gene set

Number of genes with computed dN/dS

Average dN/dS

Milk protein

149

0.13

Virgin mammary

3,091

0.13

Pregnancy mammary

1,032

0.12

Lactation mammary

2,477

0.12

Involution mammary

704

0.12

Mastitis mammary

615

0.12

Whole genome

14,354

0.16