Blood samples were collected from the coccygeal (tail) vein into EDTA Vacutainer tubes (BD Vacutainer System, Becton, Dickinson, and Company, Sparks, MD, USA). Blood samples were centrifuged at 2500×g for 20 min at 4 °C and buffy layers containing white blood cells were collected. Genomic DNA was extracted from the blood buffy coat using the QIAmp DNA Blood Mini Kit according to the manufacturer’s instructions (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany). Purified genomic DNA was quantified spectrophotometrically and subsequently genotyped on the EuroG10K BeadChip at the molecular genetic laboratory service of the Spanish Federation of Holstein Cattle (CONAFE) using the Infinium iScan software for allele assignation (Illumina, San Diego, CA) as previously described28 (link). The EuroG10K BeadChip is a development by EuroGenomics and its collaborators.
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