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Zhou F, Lin D, Dong L, Hong Y, Zeng H, Cai G, Ye J, Wu Z. Genetic evaluation for production and body size traits using different animal models in purebred-Duroc pigs. Front Vet Sci 2023; 10:1274266. [PMID: 38164395 PMCID: PMC10758212 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1274266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Duroc pigs are popular crossbred terminal sires, and accurate assessment of genetic parameters in the population can help to rationalize breeding programmes. The principle aim of this study were to evaluate the genetic parameters of production (birth weight, BW; age at 115 kg, AGE; feed conversion ratio, FCR) and body size (body length, BL; body height, BH; front cannon circumference, FCC) traits of Duroc pigs. The second objective was to analyze the fit of different genetic assessment models. The variance components and correlations of BW (28,348 records), AGE (28,335 records), FCR (11,135 records), BL (31,544 records), BH (21,862 records), and FCC (14,684 records) traits were calculated by using DMU and AIREMLF90 from BLUPF90 package. In the common environment model, the heritability of BW, AGE, FCR, BL, BH, and FCC traits were 0.17 ± 0.014, 0.30 ± 0.019, 0.28 ± 0.024, 0.16 ± 0.013, 0.14 ± 0.017, and 0.081 ± 0.016, with common litter effect values of 0.25, 0.20, 0.18, 0.23, 0.19, and 0.16, respectively. According to the results of the Akaike information criterion (AIC) calculations, models with smaller AIC values have a better fit. We found that the common environment model with litter effects as random effects for estimating genetic parameters had a better fit. In this Model, the estimated genetic correlations between AGE with BW, FCR, BL, BH, and FCC traits were -0.28 (0.040), 0.76 (0.038), -0.71 (0.036), -0.44 (0.060), and -0.60 (0.073), respectively, with phenotypic correlations of -0.17, 0.52, -0.22, -0.13 and -0.24, respectively. In our analysis of genetic trends for six traits in the Duroc population from 2012 to 2021, we observed significant genetic trends for AGE, BL, and BH. Particularly noteworthy is the rapid decline in the genetic trend for AGE, indicating an enhancement in the pig's growth rate through selective breeding. Therefore, we believe that some challenging-to-select traits can benefit from the genetic correlations between traits. By selecting easily measurable traits, they can gain from synergistic selection effects, leading to genetic progress. Conducting population genetic parameter analysis can assist us in devising breeding strategies.
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- Fuchen Zhou
- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry and College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry and College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd., Yunfu, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry and College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd., Yunfu, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry and College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd., Yunfu, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd., Yunfu, China
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- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry and College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Breeding Swine Industry, Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd., Yunfu, China
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Xie L, Qin J, Rao L, Cui D, Tang X, Chen L, Xiao S, Zhang Z, Huang L. Genetic dissection and genomic prediction for pork cuts and carcass morphology traits in pig. J Anim Sci Biotechnol 2023; 14:116. [PMID: 37660101 PMCID: PMC10475202 DOI: 10.1186/s40104-023-00914-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND As pre-cut and pre-packaged chilled meat becomes increasingly popular, integrating the carcass-cutting process into the pig industry chain has become a trend. Identifying quantitative trait loci (QTLs) of pork cuts would facilitate the selection of pigs with a higher overall value. However, previous studies solely focused on evaluating the phenotypic and genetic parameters of pork cuts, neglecting the investigation of QTLs influencing these traits. This study involved 17 pork cuts and 12 morphology traits from 2,012 pigs across four populations genotyped using CC1 PorcineSNP50 BeadChips. Our aim was to identify QTLs and evaluate the accuracy of genomic estimated breed values (GEBVs) for pork cuts. RESULTS We identified 14 QTLs and 112 QTLs for 17 pork cuts by GWAS using haplotype and imputation genotypes, respectively. Specifically, we found that HMGA1, VRTN and BMP2 were associated with body length and weight. Subsequent analysis revealed that HMGA1 primarily affects the size of fore leg bones, VRTN primarily affects the number of vertebrates, and BMP2 primarily affects the length of vertebrae and the size of hind leg bones. The prediction accuracy was defined as the correlation between the adjusted phenotype and GEBVs in the validation population, divided by the square root of the trait's heritability. The prediction accuracy of GEBVs for pork cuts varied from 0.342 to 0.693. Notably, ribs, boneless picnic shoulder, tenderloin, hind leg bones, and scapula bones exhibited prediction accuracies exceeding 0.600. Employing better models, increasing marker density through genotype imputation, and pre-selecting markers significantly improved the prediction accuracy of GEBVs. CONCLUSIONS We performed the first study to dissect the genetic mechanism of pork cuts and identified a large number of significant QTLs and potential candidate genes. These findings carry significant implications for the breeding of pork cuts through marker-assisted and genomic selection. Additionally, we have constructed the first reference populations for genomic selection of pork cuts in pigs.
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- Lei Xie
- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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- State Key Laboratory for Pig Genetic Improvement and Production Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045 China
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Tong X, Chen D, Hu J, Lin S, Ling Z, Ai H, Zhang Z, Huang L. Accurate haplotype construction and detection of selection signatures enabled by high quality pig genome sequences. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5126. [PMID: 37612277 PMCID: PMC10447580 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40434-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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High-quality whole-genome resequencing in large-scale pig populations with pedigree structure and multiple breeds would enable accurate construction of haplotype and robust selection-signature detection. Here, we sequence 740 pigs, combine with 149 of our previously published resequencing data, retrieve 207 resequencing datasets, and form a panel of worldwide distributed wild boars, aboriginal and highly selected pigs with pedigree structures, amounting to 1096 genomes from 43 breeds. Combining with their haplotype-informative reads and pedigree structure, we accurately construct a panel of 1874 haploid genomes with 41,964,356 genetic variants. We further demonstrate its valuable applications in GWAS by identifying five novel loci for intramuscular fat content, and in genomic selection by increasing the accuracy of estimated breeding value by 36.7%. In evolutionary selection, we detect MUC13 gene under a long-term balancing selection, as well as NPR3 gene under positive selection for pig stature. Our study provides abundant genomic variations for robust selection-signature detection and accurate haplotypes for deciphering complex traits in pigs.
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- Xinkai Tong
- National Key Laboratory for Swine genetic improvement and production technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China
- College of Life Sciences, Jiangxi Normal University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory for Swine genetic improvement and production technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory for Swine genetic improvement and production technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory for Swine genetic improvement and production technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory for Swine genetic improvement and production technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory for Swine genetic improvement and production technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory for Swine genetic improvement and production technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China.
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- National Key Laboratory for Swine genetic improvement and production technology, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Jiangxi Agricultural University, NanChang, Jiangxi Province, PR China.
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Nosková A, Mehrotra A, Kadri NK, Lloret-Villas A, Neuenschwander S, Hofer A, Pausch H. Comparison of two multi-trait association testing methods and sequence-based fine mapping of six additive QTL in Swiss Large White pigs. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:192. [PMID: 37038103 PMCID: PMC10084639 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09295-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Genetic correlations between complex traits suggest that pleiotropic variants contribute to trait variation. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) aim to uncover the genetic underpinnings of traits. Multivariate association testing and the meta-analysis of summary statistics from single-trait GWAS enable detecting variants associated with multiple phenotypes. In this study, we used array-derived genotypes and phenotypes for 24 reproduction, production, and conformation traits to explore differences between the two methods and used imputed sequence variant genotypes to fine-map six quantitative trait loci (QTL). RESULTS We considered genotypes at 44,733 SNPs for 5,753 pigs from the Swiss Large White breed that had deregressed breeding values for 24 traits. Single-trait association analyses revealed eleven QTL that affected 15 traits. Multi-trait association testing and the meta-analysis of the single-trait GWAS revealed between 3 and 6 QTL, respectively, in three groups of traits. The multi-trait methods revealed three loci that were not detected in the single-trait GWAS. Four QTL that were identified in the single-trait GWAS, remained undetected in the multi-trait analyses. To pinpoint candidate causal variants for the QTL, we imputed the array-derived genotypes to the sequence level using a sequenced reference panel consisting of 421 pigs. This approach provided genotypes at 16 million imputed sequence variants with a mean accuracy of imputation of 0.94. The fine-mapping of six QTL with imputed sequence variant genotypes revealed four previously proposed causal mutations among the top variants. CONCLUSIONS Our findings in a medium-size cohort of pigs suggest that multivariate association testing and the meta-analysis of summary statistics from single-trait GWAS provide very similar results. Although multi-trait association methods provide a useful overview of pleiotropic loci segregating in mapping populations, the investigation of single-trait association studies is still advised, as multi-trait methods may miss QTL that are uncovered in single-trait GWAS.
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- A Nosková
- ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
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- ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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- SUISAG, Allmend 10, 6204, Sempach, Switzerland
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- ETH Zürich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland
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Zhao W, Zhang Z, Ma P, Wang Z, Wang Q, Zhang Z, Pan Y. The effect of high-density genotypic data and different methods on joint genomic prediction: A case study in large white pigs. Anim Genet 2023; 54:45-54. [PMID: 36414135 DOI: 10.1111/age.13275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Joint genomic prediction (GP) is an attractive method to improve the accuracy of GP by combining information from multiple populations. However, many factors can negatively influence the accuracy of joint GP, such as differences in linkage disequilibrium phasing between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and causal variants, minor allele frequencies and causal variants' effect sizes across different populations. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the imputed high-density genotype data can improve the accuracy of joint GP using genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP), single-step GBLUP (ssGBLUP), multi-trait GBLUP (MT-GBLUP) and GBLUP based on genomic relationship matrix considering heterogenous minor allele frequencies across different populations (wGBLUP). Three traits, including days taken to reach slaughter weight, backfat thickness and loin muscle area, were measured on 67 276 Large White pigs from two different populations, for which 3334 were genotyped by SNP array. The results showed that a combined population could substantially improve the accuracy of GP compared with a single-population GP, especially for the population with a smaller size. The imputed SNP data had no effect for single population GP but helped to yield higher accuracy than the medium-density array data for joint GP. Of the four methods, ssGLBUP performed the best, but the advantage of ssGBLUP decreased as more individuals were genotyped. In some cases, MT-GBLUP and wGBLUP performed better than GBLUP. In conclusion, our results confirmed that joint GP could be beneficial from imputed high-density genotype data, and the wGBLUP and MT-GBLUP methods are promising for joint GP in pig breeding.
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- Wei Zhao
- Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.,Hainan Research Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, China
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Zha C, Liu K, Wu J, Li P, Hou L, Liu H, Huang R, Wu W. Combining genome-wide association study based on low-coverage whole genome sequencing and transcriptome analysis to reveal the key candidate genes affecting meat color in pigs. Anim Genet 2023; 54:295-306. [PMID: 36727217 DOI: 10.1111/age.13300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Meat color is an attractive trait that influences consumers' purchase decisions at the point of sale. To decipher the genetic basis of meat color traits, we performed a genome-wide association study based on low-coverage whole-genome sequencing. In total, 669 (Pietrain × Duroc) × (Landrace × Yorkshire) pigs were genotyped using low-coverage whole-genome sequencing. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) calling and genotype imputation were performed using the BaseVar + STITCH channel. Six individuals with an average depth of 12.05× whole-genome resequencing were randomly selected to assess the accuracy of imputation. Heritability evaluation and genome-wide association study for meat color traits were conducted. Functional enrichment analysis of the candidate genes from genome-wide association study and integration analysis with our previous transcriptome data were conducted. The imputation accuracy parameters, allele frequency R2 , concordance rate, and dosage R2 were 0.959, 0.952, and 0.933, respectively. The heritability values of a*45 min , b*45 min , L*45 min , C*, and H0 were 0.19, 0.11, 0.06, 0.16, and 0.26, respectively. In total, 3884 significant SNPs and 15 QTL, corresponding to 382 genes, were associated with meat color traits. Functional enrichment analysis revealed that 10 genes were the potential candidates for regulating meat color. Moreover, integration analysis revealed that DMRT2, EFNA5, FGF10, and COL11A2 were the most promising candidates affecting meat color. In summary, this study provides new insights into the molecular basis of meat color traits, and provides a new theoretical basis for the molecular breeding of meat color traits in pigs.
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- Chengwan Zha
- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Wang Z, Zhang Z, Chen Z, Sun J, Cao C, Wu F, Xu Z, Zhao W, Sun H, Guo L, Zhang Z, Wang Q, Pan Y. PHARP: a pig haplotype reference panel for genotype imputation. Sci Rep 2022; 12:12645. [PMID: 35879321 PMCID: PMC9314402 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-15851-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Pigs not only function as a major meat source worldwide but also are commonly used as an animal model for studying human complex traits. A large haplotype reference panel has been used to facilitate efficient phasing and imputation of relatively sparse genome-wide microarray chips and low-coverage sequencing data. Using the imputed genotypes in the downstream analysis, such as GWASs, TWASs, eQTL mapping and genomic prediction (GS), is beneficial for obtaining novel findings. However, currently, there is still a lack of publicly available and high-quality pig reference panels with large sample sizes and high diversity, which greatly limits the application of genotype imputation in pigs. In response, we built the pig Haplotype Reference Panel (PHARP) database. PHARP provides a reference panel of 2012 pig haplotypes at 34 million SNPs constructed using whole-genome sequence data from more than 49 studies of 71 pig breeds. It also provides Web-based analytical tools that allow researchers to carry out phasing and imputation consistently and efficiently. PHARP is freely accessible at http://alphaindex.zju.edu.cn/PHARP/index.php . We demonstrate its applicability for pig commercial 50 K SNP arrays, by accurately imputing 2.6 billion genotypes at a concordance rate value of 0.971 in 81 Large White pigs (~ 17 × sequencing coverage). We also applied our reference panel to impute the low-density SNP chip into the high-density data for three GWASs and found novel significantly associated SNPs that might be casual variants.
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- Zhen Wang
- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo and Molecular Breeding, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Hubei Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430064, China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Science, Jilin University, Changchun, 130062, China
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China.
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- College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang, China.
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Marcos S, Parejo M, Estonba A, Alberdi A. Recovering High-Quality Host Genomes from Gut Metagenomic Data through Genotype Imputation. ADVANCED GENETICS (HOBOKEN, N.J.) 2022; 3:2100065. [PMID: 36620197 PMCID: PMC9744478 DOI: 10.1002/ggn2.202100065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Metagenomic datasets of host-associated microbial communities often contain host DNA that is usually discarded because the amount of data is too low for accurate host genetic analyses. However, genotype imputation can be employed to reconstruct host genotypes if a reference panel is available. Here, the performance of a two-step strategy is tested to impute genotypes from four types of reference panels built using different strategies to low-depth host genome data (≈2× coverage) recovered from intestinal samples of two chicken genetic lines. First, imputation accuracy is evaluated in 12 samples for which both low- and high-depth sequencing data are available, obtaining high imputation accuracies for all tested panels (>0.90). Second, the impact of reference panel choice in population genetics statistics on 100 chickens is assessed, all four panels yielding comparable results. In light of the observations, the feasibility and application of the applied imputation strategy are discussed for different species with regard to the host DNA proportion, genomic diversity, and availability of a reference panel. This method enables leveraging insofar discarded host DNA to get insights into the genetic structure of host populations, and in doing so, facilitates the implementation of hologenomic approaches that jointly analyze host and microbial genomic data.
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- Sofia Marcos
- Applied Genomics and BioinformaticsUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)LeioaBilbao48940Spain
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- Applied Genomics and BioinformaticsUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)LeioaBilbao48940Spain
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- Applied Genomics and BioinformaticsUniversity of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)LeioaBilbao48940Spain
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- Center for Evolutionary HologenomicsGLOBE InstituteUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagen1353Denmark
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