Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

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Whole-genome association and genome partitioning revealed variants and explained heritability for total number of teats in a Yorkshire pig population

  • Uzzaman, Md. Rasel (Animal Genomics & Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Park, Jong-Eun (Animal Genomics & Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Kyung-Tai (Animal Genomics & Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Cho, Eun-Seok (Animal Genomics & Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Choi, Bong-Hwan (Animal Genomics & Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Hun (Animal Genomics & Bioinformatics Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
  • Received : 2017.03.07
  • Accepted : 2017.10.09
  • Published : 2018.04.01
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Abstract

Objective: The study was designed to perform a genome-wide association (GWA) and partitioning of genome using Illumina's PorcineSNP60 Beadchip in order to identify variants and determine the explained heritability for the total number of teats in Yorkshire pig. Methods: After screening with the following criteria: minor allele frequency, $MAF{\leq}0.01$; Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, $HWE{\leq}0.000001$, a pair-wise genomic relationship matrix was produced using 42,953 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A genome-wide mixed linear model-based association analysis (MLMA) was conducted. And for estimating the explained heritability with genome- or chromosome-wide SNPs the genetic relatedness estimation through maximum likelihood approach was used in our study. Results: The MLMA analysis and false discovery rate p-values identified three significant SNPs on two different chromosomes (rs81476910 and rs81405825 on SSC8; rs81332615 on SSC13) for total number of teats. Besides, we estimated that 30% of variance could be explained by all of the common SNPs on the autosomal chromosomes for the trait. The maximum amount of heritability obtained by partitioning the genome were $0.22{\pm}0.05$, $0.16{\pm}0.05$, $0.10{\pm}0.03$ and $0.08{\pm}0.03$ on SSC7, SSC13, SSC1, and SSC8, respectively. Of them, SSC7 explained the amount of estimated heritability along with a SNP (rs80805264) identified by genome-wide association studies at the empirical p value significance level of 2.35E-05 in our study. Interestingly, rs80805264 was found in a nearby quantitative trait loci (QTL) on SSC7 for the teat number trait as identified in a recent study. Moreover, all other significant SNPs were found within and/or close to some QTLs related to ovary weight, total number of born alive and age at puberty in pigs. Conclusion: The SNPs we identified unquestionably represent some of the important QTL regions as well as genes of interest in the genome for various physiological functions responsible for reproduction in pigs.

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