• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.1394-1398
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• 2014

Indigenous (native) breeds of livestock have higher disease resistance and adaptation to the environment due to high genetic diversity. Even though their extinction rate is accelerated due to the increase of commercial breeds, natural disaster, and civil war, there is a lack of well-established databases for the native breeds. Thus, we constructed the native pig and chicken breed database (NPCDB) which integrates available information on the breeds from around the world. It is a nonprofit public database aimed to provide information on the genetic resources of indigenous pig and chicken breeds for their conservation. The NPCDB (http://npcdb.snu.ac.kr/) provides the phenotypic information and population size of each breed as well as its specific habitat. In addition, it provides information on the distribution of genetic resources across the country. The database will contribute to understanding of the breed's characteristics such as disease resistance and adaptation to environmental changes as well as the conservation of indigenous genetic resources.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1523-1528
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• 2013

To increase plumage color uniformity and understand the genetic background of Korean chickens, we performed a genome-wide association study of different plumage color in Korean native chickens. We analyzed 60K SNP chips on 279 chickens with GEMMA methods for GWAS and estimated the genetic heritability for plumage color. The estimated heritability suggests that plumage coloration is a polygenic trait. We found new loci associated with feather pigmentation at the genome-wide level and from the results infer that there are additional genetic effect for plumage color. The results will be used for selecting and breeding chicken for plumage color uniformity.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2017

The quail (Coturnix japonica) has been used as a model animal in many research fields and its application is still expanding in other fields. Compared to the chicken, the quail is quicker to reach sexually maturity, has short generation intervals, is easy to handle, requires less space and feed, and is sturdy. In addition, it produces many eggs and the research tools developed for chicken can be applied directly to quail or with some modifications. Due to recent advances in next-generation sequencing, abundant sequence data for the quail genome and transcripts have been generated. These sequence data are valuable sources for studying functional genomics using quail, which is one of the model animal used to investigate gene function and networks. Although there are some obstacles to be removed, the quail is the best optimized model to study the functional genomics of poultry. In many research fields, functional genomics study using the quail model will provide the best opportunity to understand the phenomena and principles of life. We review why, among many other birds, the quail is the best model for studying poultry functional genomics.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.143-153
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• 2001

Using bioinformatic tools for searching the massive genome databases, it is possible to Identify new genes in few minutes for initial discoveries based on evolutionary conservation, domain homology, and tissue expression patterns, followed by further verification and characterization using the bench-top works. The development of high-density two-dimensional arrays has allowed the analysis of the expression of thousands of genes simultaneously in the humans, mice, rats, yeast, and bacteria to elucidate the genes and pathways involved in physiological processes. In addition, rapid and automated protein identification is being achieved by searching protein and nucleotide sequence databases directly with data generated from mass spectrometry. Recently, analysis at the bio-chemical level such as biochemical screening and metabolic profiling (Biochemical genomics) has been introduced as an additional approach for categorical assignment of gene function. To make advantage of recent achievements in computational approaches for facilitated gene discoveries in the avian model, chicken expression sequence tags (ESTs) have been reported and deposited in the international databases. By searching EST databases, a chicken heparanase gene was identified and functionally confirmed by subsequent experiments. Using combination of sub-tractive hybridization assay and Genbank database searches, a chicken heme -binding protein family (cSOUL/HBP) was isolated in the retina and pineal gland of domestic chicken and verified by Northern blot analysis. Microarrays have identified several host genes whose expression levels are elevated following infection of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) with Marek's disease virus (MDV). The ongoing process of chicken genome projects and new discoveries and breakthroughs in genomics and proteomics will no doubt reveal new and exciting information and advances in the avian research.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.494-500
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• 2019

Objective: Feed consumption contributes a large percentage for total production costs in the poultry industry. Detecting genes associated with feeding traits will be of benefit to improve our understanding of the molecular determinants for feed efficiency. The objective of this study was to identify candidate genes associated with feed conversion ratio (FCR) via genomewide association study (GWAS) using sequence data imputed from single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panel in a Chinese indigenous chicken population. Methods: A total of 435 Chinese indigenous chickens were phenotyped for FCR and were genotyped using a 600K SNP genotyping array. Twenty-four birds were selected for sequencing, and the 600K SNP panel data were imputed to whole sequence data with the 24 birds as the reference. The GWAS were performed with GEMMA software. Results: After quality control, 8,626,020 SNPs were used for sequence based GWAS, in which ten significant genomic regions were detected to be associated with FCR. Ten candidate genes, ubiquitin specific peptidase 44, leukotriene A4 hydrolase, ETS transcription factor, R-spondin 2, inhibitor of apoptosis protein 3, sosondowah ankyrin repeat domain family member D, calmodulin regulated spectrin associated protein family member 2, zinc finger and BTB domain containing 41, potassium sodium-activated channel subfamily T member 2, and member of RAS oncogene family were annotated. Several of them were within or near the reported FCR quantitative trait loci, and others were newly reported. Conclusion: Results from this study provide valuable prior information on chicken genomic breeding programs, and potentially improve our understanding of the molecular mechanism for feeding traits.

• 한국유전체학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국유전체학회 2005년도 The 14th Korea Genome Conference
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• pp.79-79
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• 2005

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2014

본 연구는 한국토종닭의 모색 변이와 TYR 유전자형 간의 상관관계를 규명하기 위하여 '우리맛닭' 실용계 부계로 이용되는 토종닭 순계 H 계통 암탉 207수, 수탉 40수와 '우리 맛닭' 실용계 60수, 육질형으로 많이 이용되는 흑색 모색을 가진 재래닭 L계통, 흰색 모색을 가진 재래닭 W 계통 토종닭 각각 50수, 총 407수 혈액을 채취하고 DNA를 분리하였다. 모색 표현형과 유전자형과의 연관성을 알아보기 위하여 모색 관련 후보 유전자 TYR의 sequencing 결과를 분석하여 유전자 변이를 살펴보았다. L/W 계통 간의 모색 표현형과 유전자형을 비교한 결과, W 계통의 경우, 유전자형은 GG, AA, TT, CC, GG, AA type으로 고정되어 있었다. '우리맛닭' 실용계에서 TYR 유전자를 비교한 결과, 두 개체 간의 유전자형의 빈도 차이는 유의적으로 나타났으며, 5개의 SNP는 갈색 이모색과 관련성이 있을 것으로 생각된다. 하지만 재래닭 L/W 계통과 달리 토종닭 순계 H 계통 간의 경우, 유전자형은 다양하게 나타났으며, 모색 표현형과 유전자형과의 유의적인 연관성을 찾을 수 없었다. 또한, 모색의 관련된 후보 유전자들의 연관성을 분석하기 위해서는 멜라닌 생성에 관여하는 단백질의 발현을 억제해 멜라닌 생성을 차단하는 기능을 가진 PMEL17(premelanosome protein 17)(Kerje et al., 2004) 유전자와 성 결정 유전자인 SOX10(sex determining region Y, BOX 10)(Gunnarsson et al., 2010), MC1R(melanocortin 1 receptor)유전자의 상반된 기능을 가진 ASIP 유전자(agouti signaling protein)(Yoshihara et al., 2012) 등 모색 관련 유전자의 연관성 분석이 더 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 이상의 본 연구는 토종닭의 품종 구분을 위한 분자유전학적 기초 마커 개발 및 정보를 제공함으로써 한국 토종닭 품종의 대상으로 실용계 개발 및 토종닭 보존 계획 방법에 있어서 가치 있는 정보를 제시할 것으로 사료된다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.32-35
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• 2008

Little evidence supports the existence of imprinted genes in chicken. Imprinted genes are thought to be intimately connected with the acquisition of parental resources in mammals; thus, the predicted lack of this type of gene in chicken is not surprising, given that they leave their offspring to their own heritance after conception. In this study, we identified several imprinted genes and their orthologs in human, mouse, and zebrafish, including 30 previously identified human and mouse imprinted genes. Next, using the HomoloGene database, we identified six orthologous genes in human, mouse, and chicken; however, no orthologs were identified for SLC22A18, and mouse Ppp1r9a was not included in the HomoloGene database. Thus, from our analysis, four candidate chicken imprinted genes (IGF2, UBE3A, PHLDA2, and GRB10) were identified. To expand our analysis, zebrafish was included, but no probe ID for UBE3A exists in this species. Thus, ultimately, three candidate imprinted genes (IGF2, PHLDA2, and GRB10) in chicken were identified. GRB10 was not significant in chicken and zebrafish based on the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test, whereas a weak correlation between PHLDA2 in chicken and human was identified from the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. Significant associations between human, mouse, chicken, and zebrafish were found for IGF2 and GRB10 using the Friedman's test. Based on our results, IGF2, PHLDA2, and GRB10 are candidate imprinted genes in chicken. Importantly, the strongest candidate was PHLDA2.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.37-42
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• 2019

Worldwide, avian influenza H9N2 viruses of different lineages are the most widespread viruses in poultry. However, to date, cases in Russia have not been documented. In this study, we report the first detection of a G1-like H9N2 virus from poultry sampled at live-bird markets in Russia (Far East region) during the winter of 2018 (isolate A/chicken/Amur_Russia/17/2018). We assume there has been further circulation of the A/chicken/Amur_Russia/17/2018 H9N2 virus in the Russian Far East with possible distribution to other regions or countries in 2018-2019.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2013

본 연구는 '우리맛닭 실용계의 외모 균일화 및 판별 마커개발을 위하여 수탉으로 이용되는 토종닭 순계 H계통 암탉 207수, 수탉 40수와 '우리맛닭' 실용계 60수의 혈액을 채취하고 DNA를 분리하였다. 모색 관련 후보 유전자 MC1R primer를 제작하여 PCR을 수행한 후, direct sequencing을 실시하였다. 개체별 모색 표현형을 조사한 결과, H계통 순계 암탉 207수 중 157수는 흑색 모색, 50수는 흑색+갈색 모색으로 조사되었다. 수탉의 경우, 40수 중 흑색 모색만 있는 개체는 없고, 흑색+갈색의 모색이 다양한 부위에 섞여 있었다. '우리맛닭' 실용계의 경우 흑색 모색 30수와 갈색 모색 30수를 암수 관계없이 샘플링하여 조사하였다. 모색 표현형과 유전형과의 연관성을 알아보기 위하여 모색 관련 후보유전자 MC1R의 sequencing 결과를 분석하여 유전자 변이를 살펴보았지만, 모색 표현형과 유전형과의 유의적인 연관성을 찾을 수 없었다. 이는 토종닭 순계 H계통의 경우, 검정색의 같은 품종 내에서 갈색 이모색을 가진 개체와의 유전적 변이를 탐색한 결과, 그 차이가 분명하게 구별되지 않은 것으로 생각되어진다. '우리맛닭' 실용계에서 haplotype 및 유전자빈도 분석을 통하여 이모색과의 연관성을 보다 명확하게 결정하기 위해서는 부계와 모계의 모색 표현형과 유전특성을 함께 고려해야 할 것으로 판단된다. '우리맛닭'의 모색 균일도 향상을 위한 모색 표현형과 관련 유전자의 연관성분석 및 유전적 특성에 대한 연구는, 향후 이를 이용하여 '우리맛닭'의 불법 유통을 막고 고품질 브랜드화를 위한 분자마커 개발의 기초 자료로 활용될 것으로 생각된다.