The genes underlying the significant regions and surrounding locations (∼1 Mb of cluster boundaries) were listed. These putative genes were searched for evidence of association or signatures of selection for stature within other mammalian species. For this purpose, the records of orthologous genes for the major GWAS reports on human height (Gudbjartsson et al. 2008; Lango Allen et al. 2010; Lanktree et al. 2011; Lettre et al. 2008; Okada et al. 2010; Weedon et al. 2008; Soranzo et al. 2009; Kim et al. 2010) were mapped on UMD3.1 bovine genome assembly by matching the gene names] (Table S4).