Birth weight(BW)and days to 100 kg(D100)are important economic traits that are both affected by polygenes.However,the genetic architecture of these quantitative traits is still elusive.Genotyping-by-sequencing(GBS)dat...Birth weight(BW)and days to 100 kg(D100)are important economic traits that are both affected by polygenes.However,the genetic architecture of these quantitative traits is still elusive.Genotyping-by-sequencing(GBS)data containing a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)have become a powerful tool in genomic analysis.To better understand their complex genetic structure,a total of 600 Yorkshire pigs were sequenced using GBS technology.After quality control,279787 SNPs were generated for subsequent genome-wide association study(GWAS).A total of 30 genome-wide SNPs(P<1.79 E–07)were identified for D100.Furthermore,a total of 22 and 2 suggestive SNPs(P<3.57 E–06)were detected for D100 and BW,respectively.Of these,one locus located on SSC12(position:46226512 bp)were evaluated to affect both BW and D100 in Yorkshire pigs,indicating the pleiotropism in different traits.Considering the function of candidate genes,two genes,NSRP1 and DOCK7,were suggested as the most promising candidate genes involved in growth traits.Thus,use of GBS is able to identify novel variants and potential candidate genes for BW and D100,and provide an opportunity for improving pig growth traits using genomic selection in pigs.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the Sichuan Science and Technology Program,China(2020YFN0024)the Sichuan Innovation Team of Pig,Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province(sccxtd-2020-08)+2 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFD0501204)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31530073 and C170102)the the China Agricultural Research System of MOF and MARA(CARS-35-01A)。
文摘Birth weight(BW)and days to 100 kg(D100)are important economic traits that are both affected by polygenes.However,the genetic architecture of these quantitative traits is still elusive.Genotyping-by-sequencing(GBS)data containing a large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)have become a powerful tool in genomic analysis.To better understand their complex genetic structure,a total of 600 Yorkshire pigs were sequenced using GBS technology.After quality control,279787 SNPs were generated for subsequent genome-wide association study(GWAS).A total of 30 genome-wide SNPs(P<1.79 E–07)were identified for D100.Furthermore,a total of 22 and 2 suggestive SNPs(P<3.57 E–06)were detected for D100 and BW,respectively.Of these,one locus located on SSC12(position:46226512 bp)were evaluated to affect both BW and D100 in Yorkshire pigs,indicating the pleiotropism in different traits.Considering the function of candidate genes,two genes,NSRP1 and DOCK7,were suggested as the most promising candidate genes involved in growth traits.Thus,use of GBS is able to identify novel variants and potential candidate genes for BW and D100,and provide an opportunity for improving pig growth traits using genomic selection in pigs.
