sentence: Few genes have been reported to commonly influence LP and milk production traits , which reinforces the fact that the common genes found in our study can help to elucidate the molecular interactions among various candidate genes with potential pleiotropic effects.Fifteen genes were significantly associated with LP and at least one of the milk production traits , as CXCL13 and LDB2 ( MILK ) ; ZMIZ1 , bta-mir-371 , NLRP12 and PPIF ( FAT ) ; INPP5A ( FAT % ) ; SERPINB6 , SERPINB9 , IGF2BP1 and DLX4 ( PROT % ) .