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Panda S, Kumar A, Gaur GK, Ahmad SF, Chauhan A, Mehrotra A, Dutt T. Genome wide copy number variations using Porcine 60K SNP Beadchip in Landlly pigs. Anim Biotechnol 2023; 34:1891-1899. [PMID: 35369845 DOI: 10.1080/10495398.2022.2056047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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In the present study, Porcine 60K SNP genotype data from 69 Landlly pigs were used to explore Copy Number Variations (CNVs) across the autosomes. A total of 386 CNVs were identified using Hidden Markov Model (HMM) in PennCNV software, which were subsequently aggregated to 115 CNV regions (CNVRs). Among the total detected CNVRs, 58 gain, 49 were loss type while remaining 8 events were both gain and loss types. Identified CNVRs covered 12.5 Mb (0.55%) of Sus scrofa reference 11.1 genome. Comparison of our results with previous investigations on pigs revealed that approximately 75% CNVRs were novel, which may be due to differences in genetic background, environment and implementation of artificial selection in Landlly pigs. Functional annotation and pathway analysis showed the significant enrichment of 267 well-annotated Sus scrofa genes in CNVRs. These genes were involved in different biological functions like sensory perception, meat quality traits, back fat thickness and immunity. Additionally, KIT and FUT1 were two major genes detected on CNVR in our population. This investigation provided a comprehensive overview of CNV distribution in the Indian porcine genome for the first time, which may be useful for further investigating the association of important quantitative traits in Landlly pigs.Highlights115 CNVRs were identified in 69 Landlly pig population.Approximately 75% detected CNVRs were novel for Landlly population.Significant enrichment of 267 well-annotated Sus scrofa genes observed in these CNVRs.These genes were involved in different biological functions like sensory perception, meat quality traits, back fat thickness and immunity.Comprehensive CNV map in the Indian porcine genome developed for the first time.
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- Snehasmita Panda
- Division of Animal Genetics, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India
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- Division of Animal Genetics, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India
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- Livestock Production and Management Section, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India
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- Division of Animal Genetics, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India
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- Livestock Production and Management Section, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India
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- Division of Animal Genetics, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India
- Animal Genomics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Livestock Production and Management Section, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, UP, India
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Mielczarek M, Frąszczak M, Zielak-Steciwko AE, Nowak B, Hofman B, Pierścińska J, Kruszyński W, Szyda J. An effect of large-scale deletions and duplications on transcript expression. Funct Integr Genomics 2022; 23:19. [PMID: 36564645 PMCID: PMC9789009 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00946-5] [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: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Since copy number variants (CNVs) have been recognized as an important source of genetic and transcriptomic variation, we aimed to characterize the impact of CNVs located within coding, intergenic, upstream, and downstream gene regions on the expression of transcripts. Regions in which deletions occurred most often were introns, while duplications in coding regions. The transcript expression was lower for deleted coding (P = 0.008) and intronic regions (P = 1.355 × 10-10), but it was not changed in the case of upstream and downstream gene regions (P = 0.085). Moreover, the expression was decreased if duplication occurred in the coding region (P = 8.318 × 10-5). Furthermore, a negative correlation (r = - 0.27) between transcript length and its expression was observed. The correlation between the percent of deleted/duplicated transcript and transcript expression level was not significant for all concerned genomic regions in five out of six animals. The exceptions were deletions in coding regions (P = 0.004) and duplications in introns (P = 0.01) in one individual. CNVs in coding (deletions, duplications) and intronic (deletions) regions are important modulators of transcripts by reducing their expression level. We hypothesize that deletions imply severe consequences by interrupting genes. The negative correlation between the size of the transcript and its expression level found in this study is consistent with the hypothesis that selection favours shorter introns and a moderate number of exons in highly expressed genes. This may explain the transcript expression reduction by duplications. We did not find the correlation between the size of deletions/duplications and transcript expression level suggesting that expression is modulated by CNVs regardless of their size.
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- Magda Mielczarek
- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kozuchowska 7, 51-631, Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kozuchowska 7, 51-631, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kozuchowska 7, 51-631, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kozuchowska 7, 51-631, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kozuchowska 7, 51-631, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kozuchowska 7, 51-631, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kozuchowska 7, 51-631, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kozuchowska 7, 51-631, Wroclaw, Poland
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Peris D, Lu DS, Kinneberg VB, Methlie IS, Dahl MS, James TY, Kauserud H, Skrede I. Large-scale fungal strain sequencing unravels the molecular diversity in mating loci maintained by long-term balancing selection. PLoS Genet 2022; 18:e1010097. [PMID: 35358178 PMCID: PMC8970355 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Balancing selection, an evolutionary force that retains genetic diversity, has been detected in multiple genes and organisms, such as the sexual mating loci in fungi. However, to quantify the strength of balancing selection and define the mating-related genes require a large number of strains. In tetrapolar basidiomycete fungi, sexual type is determined by two unlinked loci, MATA and MATB. Genes in both loci define mating type identity, control successful mating and completion of the life cycle. These loci are usually highly diverse. Previous studies have speculated, based on culture crosses, that species of the non-model genus Trichaptum (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) possess a tetrapolar mating system, with multiple alleles. Here, we sequenced a hundred and eighty strains of three Trichaptum species. We characterized the chromosomal location of MATA and MATB, the molecular structure of MAT regions and their allelic richness. The sequencing effort was sufficient to molecularly characterize multiple MAT alleles segregating before the speciation event of Trichaptum species. Analyses suggested that long-term balancing selection has generated trans-species polymorphisms. Mating sequences were classified in different allelic classes based on an amino acid identity (AAI) threshold supported by phylogenetics. 17,550 mating types were predicted based on the allelic classes. In vitro crosses allowed us to support the degree of allelic divergence needed for successful mating. Even with the high amount of divergence, key amino acids in functional domains are conserved. We conclude that the genetic diversity of mating loci in Trichaptum is due to long-term balancing selection, with limited recombination and duplication activity. The large number of sequenced strains highlighted the importance of sequencing multiple individuals from different species to detect the mating-related genes, the mechanisms generating diversity and the evolutionary forces maintaining them.
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- David Peris
- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Health, Valencian International University (VIU), Valencia, Spain
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- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Section for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Guirao‐Rico S, González J. Benchmarking the performance of Pool-seq SNP callers using simulated and real sequencing data. Mol Ecol Resour 2021; 21:1216-1229. [PMID: 33534960 PMCID: PMC8251607 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Population genomics is a fast-developing discipline with promising applications in a growing number of life sciences fields. Advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics tools allow population genomics to exploit genome-wide information to identify the molecular variants underlying traits of interest and the evolutionary forces that modulate these variants through space and time. However, the cost of genomic analyses of multiple populations is still too high to address them through individual genome sequencing. Pooling individuals for sequencing can be a more effective strategy in Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) detection and allele frequency estimation because of a higher total coverage. However, compared to individual sequencing, SNP calling from pools has the additional difficulty of distinguishing rare variants from sequencing errors, which is often avoided by establishing a minimum threshold allele frequency for the analysis. Finding an optimal balance between minimizing information loss and reducing sequencing costs is essential to ensure the success of population genomics studies. Here, we have benchmarked the performance of SNP callers for Pool-seq data, based on different approaches, under different conditions, and using computer simulations and real data. We found that SNP callers performance varied for allele frequencies up to 0.35. We also found that SNP callers based on Bayesian (SNAPE-pooled) or maximum likelihood (MAPGD) approaches outperform the two heuristic callers tested (VarScan and PoolSNP), in terms of the balance between sensitivity and FDR both in simulated and sequencing data. Our results will help inform the selection of the most appropriate SNP caller not only for large-scale population studies but also in cases where the Pool-seq strategy is the only option, such as in metagenomic or polyploid studies.
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- Sara Guirao‐Rico
- Institute of Evolutionary BiologyCSIC‐Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
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- Institute of Evolutionary BiologyCSIC‐Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
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Cañás Bottos L. Race and Process: Certifying IberianPigs and Invisibilising Humans. NORSK ANTROPOLOGISK TIDSSKRIFT 2020. [DOI: 10.18261/issn.1504-2898-2019-03-04-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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D'Alessandro E, Giosa D, Sapienza I, Giuffrè L, Cigliano RA, Romeo O, Zumbo A. Whole genome SNPs discovery in Nero Siciliano pig. Genet Mol Biol 2019; 42:594-602. [PMID: 31188930 PMCID: PMC6905442 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2018-0169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Autochthonous pig breeds represent an important genetic reserve to be utilized mainly for the production of typical products. To explore its genetic variability, here we present for the first time whole genome sequencing data and SNPs discovered in a male domestic Nero Siciliano pig compared to the last pig reference genome Sus scrofa11.1.A total of 346.8 million paired reads were generated by sequencing. After quality control, 99.03% of the reads were mapped to the reference genome, and over 11 million variants were detected.Additionally, we evaluated sequence diversity in 21 fitness-related loci selected based on their biological function and/or their proximity to relevant QTLs. We focused on genes that have been related to environmental adaptation and reproductive traits in previous studies regarding local breeds. A total of 6,747 variants were identified resulting in a rate of 1 variant every ~276 bases. Among these variants 1,132 were novel to the dbSNP151 database. This study represents a first step in the genetic characterization of Nero Siciliano pig and also provides a platform for future comparative studies between this and other swine breeds.
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- Enrico D'Alessandro
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Division of Animal Production, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Division of Animal Production, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Division of Animal Production, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.,Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Health Care (IRCCS) - Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo", Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Division of Animal Production, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Jiang Y, Jiang Y, Zhang H, Mei M, Song H, Ma X, Jiang L, Yu Z, Zhang Q, Ding X. A mutation in MAP2 is associated with prenatal hair follicle density. FASEB J 2019; 33:14479-14490. [PMID: 31751154 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201901187r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hairlessness is usually a rare trait in pigs; however, in this study, we found hairless (HR) pigs at a relatively high frequency in 1 pig herd. We observed that, the lower hair shaft density of HR pigs could be mainly attributed to the lower hair follicle density, and during the embryonic period, d 39-45 were a critical stage for the formation of the hair follicle. In this regard, d 41 during gestation was a particularly important point. Hair follicle morphogenesis occurring at an early stage of embryo development is similar to humans and mice. Further analyses of association studies based on single-nucleotide polymorphism chip as well as sequence data, mRNA sequencing, immunohistochemistry, and comparative genomics demonstrated that microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) is a key gene responsible for hair follicle density and 1 missense mutation of A-to-G at rs328005415 in MAP2, causing a valine-to-methionine substitution leads to the HR phenotype. Considering the high homology between pigs and humans, our research has some significance for the study of the mechanisms of skin development, hair morphogenesis, and hair loss in humans by showing that the pig may be a more appropriate model in which to study these processes.-Jiang, Y., Jiang, Y., Zhang, H., Mei, M., Song, H., Ma, X., Jiang, L., Yu, Z., Zhang, Q., Ding, X. A mutation in MAP2 is associated with prenatal hair follicle density.
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- Yao Jiang
- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology-Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology-Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding, and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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Cho IC, Park HB, Ahn JS, Han SH, Lee JB, Lim HT, Yoo CK, Jung EJ, Kim DH, Sun WS, Ramayo-Caldas Y, Kim SG, Kang YJ, Kim YK, Shin HS, Seong PN, Hwang IS, Park BY, Hwang S, Lee SS, Ryu YC, Lee JH, Ko MS, Lee K, Andersson G, Pérez-Enciso M, Lee JW. A functional regulatory variant of MYH3 influences muscle fiber-type composition and intramuscular fat content in pigs. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008279. [PMID: 31603892 PMCID: PMC6788688 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Muscle development and lipid accumulation in muscle critically affect meat quality of livestock. However, the genetic factors underlying myofiber-type specification and intramuscular fat (IMF) accumulation remain to be elucidated. Using two independent intercrosses between Western commercial breeds and Korean native pigs (KNPs) and a joint linkage-linkage disequilibrium analysis, we identified a 488.1-kb region on porcine chromosome 12 that affects both reddish meat color (a*) and IMF. In this critical region, only the MYH3 gene, encoding myosin heavy chain 3, was found to be preferentially overexpressed in the skeletal muscle of KNPs. Subsequently, MYH3-transgenic mice demonstrated that this gene controls both myofiber-type specification and adipogenesis in skeletal muscle. We discovered a structural variant in the promotor/regulatory region of MYH3 for which Q allele carriers exhibited significantly higher values of a* and IMF than q allele carriers. Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation and cotransfection assays showed that the structural variant in the 5'-flanking region of MYH3 abrogated the binding of the myogenic regulatory factors (MYF5, MYOD, MYOG, and MRF4). The allele distribution of MYH3 among pig populations worldwide indicated that the MYH3 Q allele is of Asian origin and likely predates domestication. In conclusion, we identified a functional regulatory sequence variant in porcine MYH3 that provides novel insights into the genetic basis of the regulation of myofiber type ratios and associated changes in IMF in pigs. The MYH3 variant can play an important role in improving pork quality in current breeding programs.
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- In-Cheol Cho
- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (I-CC); (J-WL)
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- Department of Animal Resources Science, College of Industrial Sciences, Kongju National University, Yesan, Republic of Korea
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- Biotherapeutics Translational Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Educational Science Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Zoonosis Research Institute, Chonbuk National University, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Agriculture and Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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- Bio-Medical Science Co., Ltd., Gimpo, Republic of Korea
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- Biotherapeutics Translational Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Functional Genomics, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Biotherapeutics Translational Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative (GABI), INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
- Animal Breeding and Genetics Program, Institute for Research and Technology in Food and Agriculture (IRTA), Torre Marimon, Caldes de Montbui, Spain
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- Educational Science Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Namwon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Biotechnology, SARI, Jeju National University, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Animal and Dairy Science, Chungnam National University, Deajeon, Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Sciences, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- ICREA, Carrer de Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain
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- Biotherapeutics Translational Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- Department of Functional Genomics, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
- * E-mail: (I-CC); (J-WL)
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Wang L, Mu Y, Xu L, Li K, Han J, Wu T, Liu L, Gao Q, Xia Y, Hou G, Yang S, He X, Liu GE, Feng S. Genomic Analysis Reveals Specific Patterns of Homozygosity and Heterozygosity in Inbred Pigs. Animals (Basel) 2019; 9:E314. [PMID: 31159442 PMCID: PMC6617223 DOI: 10.3390/ani9060314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The inbred strain of miniature pig is an ideal model for biomedical research due to its high level of homozygosity. In this study, we investigated genetic diversity, relatedness, homozygosity, and heterozygosity using the Porcine SNP60K BeadChip in both inbred and non-inbred Wuzhishan pigs (WZSPs). Our results from multidimensional scaling, admixture, and phylogenetic analyses indicated that the inbred WZSP, with its unique genetic properties, can be utilized as a novel genetic resource for pig genome studies. Inbreeding depression and run of homozygosity (ROH) analyses revealed an average of 61 and 12 ROH regions in the inbred and non-inbred genomes of WZSPs, respectively. By investigating ROH number, length, and distribution across generations, we further briefly studied the impacts of recombination and demography on ROH in these WZSPs. Finally, we explored the SNPs with higher heterozygosity across generations and their potential functional implications in the inbred WZSP. We detected 56 SNPs showing constant heterozygosity with He = 1 across six generations in inbred pigs, while only one was found in the non-inbred population. Among these SNPs, we observed nine SNPs located in swine RefSeq genes, which were found to be involved in signaling and immune processes. Together, our findings indicate that the inbred-specific pattern of homozygosity and heterozygosity in inbred pigs can offer valuable insights for elucidating the mechanisms of inbreeding in farm animals.
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- Ligang Wang
- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Institute of Tropical Crop Variety Resources, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, Hainan 571101, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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- Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Services, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA.
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- Key Laboratory of Farm Animal Genetic Resources and Utilization of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China.
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Gabur I, Chawla HS, Snowdon RJ, Parkin IAP. Connecting genome structural variation with complex traits in crop plants. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 2019; 132:733-750. [PMID: 30448864 DOI: 10.1007/s00122-018-3233-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Structural genome variation is a major determinant of useful trait diversity. We describe how genome analysis methods are enabling discovery of trait-associated structural variants and their potential impact on breeding. As our understanding of complex crop genomes continues to grow, there is growing evidence that structural genome variation plays a major role in determining traits important for breeding and agriculture. Identifying the extent and impact of structural variants in crop genomes is becoming increasingly feasible with ongoing advances in the sophistication of genome sequencing technologies, particularly as it becomes easier to generate accurate long sequence reads on a genome-wide scale. In this article, we discuss the origins of structural genome variation in crops from ancient and recent genome duplication and polyploidization events and review high-throughput methods to assay such variants in crop populations in order to find associations with phenotypic traits. There is increasing evidence from such studies that gene presence-absence and copy number variation resulting from segmental chromosome exchanges may be at the heart of adaptive variation of crops to counter abiotic and biotic stress factors. We present examples from major crops that demonstrate the potential of pangenomic diversity as a key resource for future plant breeding for resilience and sustainability.
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- Iulian Gabur
- Department of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N OX2, Canada
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Gaunitz C, Fages A, Hanghøj K, Albrechtsen A, Khan N, Schubert M, Seguin-Orlando A, Owens IJ, Felkel S, Bignon-Lau O, de Barros Damgaard P, Mittnik A, Mohaseb AF, Davoudi H, Alquraishi S, Alfarhan AH, Al-Rasheid KAS, Crubézy E, Benecke N, Olsen S, Brown D, Anthony D, Massy K, Pitulko V, Kasparov A, Brem G, Hofreiter M, Mukhtarova G, Baimukhanov N, Lõugas L, Onar V, Stockhammer PW, Krause J, Boldgiv B, Undrakhbold S, Erdenebaatar D, Lepetz S, Mashkour M, Ludwig A, Wallner B, Merz V, Merz I, Zaibert V, Willerslev E, Librado P, Outram AK, Orlando L. Ancient genomes revisit the ancestry of domestic and Przewalski’s horses. Science 2018; 360:111-114. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aao3297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The Eneolithic Botai culture of the Central Asian steppes provides the earliest archaeological evidence for horse husbandry, ~5500 years ago, but the exact nature of early horse domestication remains controversial. We generated 42 ancient-horse genomes, including 20 from Botai. Compared to 46 published ancient- and modern-horse genomes, our data indicate that Przewalski’s horses are the feral descendants of horses herded at Botai and not truly wild horses. All domestic horses dated from ~4000 years ago to present only show ~2.7% of Botai-related ancestry. This indicates that a massive genomic turnover underpins the expansion of the horse stock that gave rise to modern domesticates, which coincides with large-scale human population expansions during the Early Bronze Age.
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Campos BM, do Carmo AS, da Silva TBR, Verardo LL, de Simoni Gouveia JJ, Mendes Malhado CH, Barbosa da Silva MVG, Souza Carneiro PL. Identification of artificial selection signatures in Caracu breed lines selected for milk production and meat production. Livest Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2017.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Muñoz M, Rodríguez MC, García-Cortes LA, González A, García-Casco JM, Silió L. Direct and maternal additive effects are not the main determinants of Iberian piglet perinatal mortality. J Anim Breed Genet 2017; 134:512-519. [PMID: 28960562 DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Data of 127,800 Iberian piglets were used to study genetic parameters of mortality at birth at the piglet level. These records proceed from three data sets: 4,987 litter of 2,156 sows of a dam line, 2,768 litter of 817 sows of a complete diallel cross between four Iberian strains and 7,153 litter of 2,113 sows of the Torbiscal composite line. Perinatal mortality was considered as a binary trait, and Bayesian threshold animal models were fitted to separately analyse the three data sets. The posterior means of direct heritability were 0.010, 0.004 and 0.003, and those of maternal heritability were 0.034, 0.011 and 0.014 for dam line, diallel cross and Torbiscal line, respectively. Important effects of litter size and parity order were inferred in the three data sets, of within-breed cross-breeding parameters in the diallel cross and of sex and sow handling in the Torbiscal line Therefore, the inclusion of perinatal mortality in the objective of selection is questionable in this breed and strategies for reducing piglet mortality successful in other breeds should be considered.
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- M Muñoz
- Centro I+D en Cerdo Ibérico INIA-Zafra, Zafra, Badajoz, Spain.,Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
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- Ibéricos Vallehermoso, Ctra. La Solana-Infantes, Alhambra, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Centro I+D en Cerdo Ibérico INIA-Zafra, Zafra, Badajoz, Spain.,Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain
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Exploring evidence of positive selection signatures in cattle breeds selected for different traits. Mamm Genome 2017; 28:528-541. [PMID: 28905131 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-017-9715-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Since domestication, the genome landscape of cattle has been changing due to natural and artificial selection forces resulting in several general and specialized cattle breeds of the world. Identifying genomic regions affected due to these forces in livestock gives an insight into the history of selection for economically important traits and genetic adaptation to specific environments of the populations under consideration. This study explores the genes/genomic regions under selection in relation to the phenotypes of Holstein, Hanwoo, and N'Dama cattle breeds using Tajima's D, XP-CLR, and XP-EHH population statistical methods. The whole genomes of 10 Holstein (South Korea), 11 Hanwoo (South Korea), and 10 N'Dama (West Africa-Guinea) cattle breeds re-sequenced to ~11x coverage and retained 37 million SNPs were used for the study. Selection signature analysis revealed 441, 512, and 461 genes under selection from Holstein, Hanwoo, and N'Dama cattle breeds, respectively. Among all these, seven genes including ARFGAP3, SNORA70, and other RNA genes were common between the breeds. From each of the gene lists, significant functional annotation cluster terms including milk protein and thyroid hormone signaling pathway (Holstein), histone acetyltransferase activity (Hanwoo), and renin secretion (N'Dama) were enriched. Genes that are related to the phenotypes of the respective breeds were also identified. Moreover, significant breed-specific missense variants were identified in CSN3, PAPPA2 (Holstein), C1orf116 (Hanwoo), and COMMD1 (N'Dama) genes. The genes identified from this study provide an insight into the biological mechanisms and pathways that are important in cattle breeds selected for different traits of economic significance.
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Ascertaining the molecular and physiological basis of domestication and breeding is an active area of research. Due to the current wide distribution of its wild ancestor, the wild boar, the pig (Sus scrofa) is an excellent model to study these processes, which occurred independently in East Asia and Europe ca. 9000 yr ago. Analyzing genome variability patterns in terms of metabolic pathways is attractive since it considers the impact of interrelated functions of genes, in contrast to genome-wide scans that treat genes or genome windows in isolation. To that end, we studied 40 wild boars and 123 domestic pig genomes from Asia and Europe when metabolic pathway was the unit of analysis. We computed statistical significance for differentiation (Fst) and linkage disequilibrium (nSL) statistics at the pathway level. In terms of Fst, we found 21 and 12 pathways significantly differentiated at a q-value < 0.05 in Asia and Europe, respectively; five were shared across continents. In Asia, we found six significant pathways related to behavior, which involved essential neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin. Several significant pathways were interrelated and shared a variable percentage of genes. There were 12 genes present in >10 significant pathways (in terms of Fst), comprising genes involved in the transduction of a large number of signals, like phospholipase PCLB1, which is expressed in the brain, or ITPR3, which has an important role in taste transduction. In terms of nSL, significant pathways were mainly related to reproductive performance (ovarian steroidogenesis), a similarly important target trait during domestication and modern animal breeding. Different levels of recombination cannot explain these results, since we found no correlation between Fst and recombination rate. However, we did find an increased ratio of deleterious mutations in domestic vs. wild populations, suggesting a relaxed functional constraint associated with the domestication and breeding processes. Purifying selection was, nevertheless, stronger in significantly differentiated pathways than in random pathways, mainly in Europe. We conclude that pathway analysis facilitates the biological interpretation of genome-wide studies. Notably, in the case of pig, behavior played an important role, among other physiological and developmental processes.
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Characterization of porcine simple sequence repeat variation on a population scale with genome resequencing data. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2376. [PMID: 28539617 PMCID: PMC5443785 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02600-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are used as polymorphic molecular markers in many species. They contribute very important functional variations in a range of complex traits; however, little is known about the variation of most SSRs in pig populations. Here, using genome resequencing data, we identified ~0.63 million polymorphic SSR loci from more than 100 individuals. Through intensive analysis of this dataset, we found that the SSR motif composition, motif length, total length of alleles and distribution of alleles all contribute to SSR variability. Furthermore, we found that CG-containing SSRs displayed significantly lower polymorphism and higher cross-species conservation. With a rigorous filter procedure, we provided a catalogue of 16,527 high-quality polymorphic SSRs, which displayed reliable results for the analysis of phylogenetic relationships and provided valuable summary statistics for 30 individuals equally selected from eight local Chinese pig breeds, six commercial lean pig breeds and Chinese wild boars. In addition, from the high-quality polymorphic SSR catalogue, we identified four loci with potential loss-of-function alleles. Overall, these analyses provide a valuable catalogue of polymorphic SSRs to the existing pig genetic variation database, and we believe this catalogue could be used for future genome-wide genetic analysis.
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The 'heritability' of domestication and its functional partitioning in the pig. Heredity (Edinb) 2016; 118:160-168. [PMID: 27649617 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2016.78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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We propose to estimate the proportion of variance explained by regression on genome-wide markers (or genomic heritability) when wild/domestic status is considered the phenotype of interest. This approach differs from the standard Fst in that it can accommodate genetic similarity between individuals in a general form. We apply this strategy to complete genome data from 47 wild and domestic pigs from Asia and Europe. When we partitioned the total genomic variance into components associated to subsets of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) defined in terms of their annotation, we found that potentially deleterious non-synonymous mutations (9566 SNPs) explained as much genetic variance as the whole set of 25 million SNPs. This suggests that domestication may have affected protein sequence to a larger extent than regulatory or other kinds of mutations. A pathway-guided analysis revealed ovarian steroidogenesis and leptin signaling as highly relevant in domestication. The genomic regression approach proposed in this study revealed molecular processes not apparent through typical differentiation statistics. We propose that at least some of these processes are likely new discoveries because domestication is a dynamic process of genetic selection, which may not be completely characterized by a static metric like Fst. Nevertheless, and despite some particularly influential mutation types or pathways, our analyses tend to rule out a simplistic genetic basis for the domestication process: neither a single pathway nor a unique set of SNPs can explain the process as a whole.
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Greenwood JM, Ezquerra AL, Behrens S, Branca A, Mallet L. Current analysis of host–parasite interactions with a focus on next generation sequencing data. ZOOLOGY 2016; 119:298-306. [DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2016.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Small ST, Reimer LJ, Tisch DJ, King CL, Christensen BM, Siba PM, Kazura JW, Serre D, Zimmerman PA. Population genomics of the filarial nematode parasite Wuchereria bancrofti from mosquitoes. Mol Ecol 2016; 25:1465-77. [PMID: 26850696 PMCID: PMC4808423 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Wuchereria bancrofti is a parasitic nematode and the primary cause of lymphatic filariasis--a disease specific to humans. W. bancrofti currently infects over 90 million people throughout the tropics and has been acknowledged by the world health organization as a vulnerable parasite. Current research has focused primarily on the clinical manifestations of disease and little is known about the evolutionary history of W. bancrofti. To improve upon knowledge of the evolutionary history of W. bancrofti, we whole genome sequenced 13 W. bancrofti larvae. We circumvent many of the difficulties of multiple infections by sampling larvae directly from mosquitoes that were experimentally inoculated with infected blood. To begin, we used whole genome data to reconstruct the historical population size. Our results support a history of fluctuating population sizes that can be correlated with human migration and fluctuating mosquito abundances. Next, we reconstructed the putative pedigree of W. bancrofti worms within an infection using the kinship coefficient. We deduced that there are full-sib and half-sib relationships residing within the same larval cohort. Through combined analysis of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes we concluded that this is likely a results of polyandrous mating, the first time reported for W. bancrofti. Lastly, we scanned the genomes for signatures of natural selection. Annotation of putative selected regions identified proteins that may have aided in a parasitic life style or may have evolved to protect against current drug treatments. We discuss our results in the greater context of understanding the biology of an animal with a unique life history and ecology.
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Groenen MAM. A decade of pig genome sequencing: a window on pig domestication and evolution. Genet Sel Evol 2016; 48:23. [PMID: 27025270 PMCID: PMC4812630 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-016-0204-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Insight into how genomes change and adapt due to selection addresses key questions in evolutionary biology and in domestication of animals and plants by humans. In that regard, the pig and its close relatives found in Africa and Eurasia represent an excellent group of species that enables studies of the effect of both natural and human-mediated selection on the genome. The recent completion of the draft genome sequence of a domestic pig and the development of next-generation sequencing technology during the past decade have created unprecedented possibilities to address these questions in great detail. In this paper, I review recent whole-genome sequencing studies in the pig and closely-related species that provide insight into the demography, admixture and selection of these species and, in particular, how domestication and subsequent selection of Sus scrofa have shaped the genomes of these animals.
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- Martien A M Groenen
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Intra-chromosomal estimates of inbreeding and coancestry in the Spanish Holstein cattle population. Livest Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2016.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gómez-Romano F, Villanueva B, Fernández J, Woolliams JA, Pong-Wong R. The use of genomic coancestry matrices in the optimisation of contributions to maintain genetic diversity at specific regions of the genome. Genet Sel Evol 2016; 48:2. [PMID: 26763889 PMCID: PMC5518098 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-015-0172-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Optimal contribution methods have proved to be very efficient for controlling the rates at which coancestry and inbreeding increase and therefore, for maintaining genetic diversity. These methods have usually relied on pedigree information for estimating genetic relationships between animals. However, with the large amount of genomic information now available such as high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips that contain thousands of SNPs, it becomes possible to calculate more accurate estimates of relationships and to target specific regions in the genome where there is a particular interest in maximising genetic diversity. The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of using genomic coancestry matrices for: (1) minimising the loss of genetic variability at specific genomic regions while restricting the overall loss in the rest of the genome; or (2) maximising the overall genetic diversity while restricting the loss of diversity at specific genomic regions. Results Our study shows that the use of genomic coancestry was very successful at minimising the loss of diversity and outperformed the use of pedigree-based coancestry (genetic diversity even increased in some scenarios). The results also show that genomic information allows a targeted optimisation to maintain diversity at specific genomic regions, whether they are linked or not. The level of variability maintained increased when the targeted regions were closely linked. However, such targeted management leads to an important loss of diversity in the rest of the genome and, thus, it is necessary to take further actions to constrain this loss. Optimal contribution methods also proved to be effective at restricting the loss of diversity in the rest of the genome, although the resulting rate of coancestry was higher than the constraint imposed. Conclusions The use of genomic matrices when optimising contributions permits the control of genetic diversity and inbreeding at specific regions of the genome through the minimisation of partial genomic coancestry matrices. The formula used to predict coancestry in the next generation produces biased results and therefore it is necessary to refine the theory of genetic contributions when genomic matrices are used to optimise contributions.
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Madrid, Spain.
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- The Roslin Institute and the R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Roslin Institute and the R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Park SDE, Magee DA, McGettigan PA, Teasdale MD, Edwards CJ, Lohan AJ, Murphy A, Braud M, Donoghue MT, Liu Y, Chamberlain AT, Rue-Albrecht K, Schroeder S, Spillane C, Tai S, Bradley DG, Sonstegard TS, Loftus BJ, MacHugh DE. Genome sequencing of the extinct Eurasian wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, illuminates the phylogeography and evolution of cattle. Genome Biol 2015; 16:234. [PMID: 26498365 PMCID: PMC4620651 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0790-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Domestication of the now-extinct wild aurochs, Bos primigenius, gave rise to the two major domestic extant cattle taxa, B. taurus and B. indicus. While previous genetic studies have shed some light on the evolutionary relationships between European aurochs and modern cattle, important questions remain unanswered, including the phylogenetic status of aurochs, whether gene flow from aurochs into early domestic populations occurred, and which genomic regions were subject to selection processes during and after domestication. Here, we address these questions using whole-genome sequencing data generated from an approximately 6,750-year-old British aurochs bone and genome sequence data from 81 additional cattle plus genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism data from a diverse panel of 1,225 modern animals. Results Phylogenomic analyses place the aurochs as a distinct outgroup to the domestic B. taurus lineage, supporting the predominant Near Eastern origin of European cattle. Conversely, traditional British and Irish breeds share more genetic variants with this aurochs specimen than other European populations, supporting localized gene flow from aurochs into the ancestors of modern British and Irish cattle, perhaps through purposeful restocking by early herders in Britain. Finally, the functions of genes showing evidence for positive selection in B. taurus are enriched for neurobiology, growth, metabolism and immunobiology, suggesting that these biological processes have been important in the domestication of cattle. Conclusions This work provides important new information regarding the origins and functional evolution of modern cattle, revealing that the interface between early European domestic populations and wild aurochs was significantly more complex than previously thought. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13059-015-0790-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Stephen D E Park
- IdentiGEN Ltd, Unit 2, Trinity Enterprise Centre, Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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- Animal Genomics Laboratory, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. .,Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06029, USA.
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- Animal Genomics Laboratory, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Rd, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK.
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- UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre (PABC), School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre (PABC), School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
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- BGI Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
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- Animal Genomics Laboratory, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD, 20705-2350, USA.
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- Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory, Plant and AgriBiosciences Research Centre (PABC), School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
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- BGI Shenzhen, Beishan Industrial Zone, Yantian District, Shenzhen, 518083, China.
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- Smurfit Institute of Genetics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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- Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD, 20705-2350, USA. .,Recombinetics Inc., St. Paul, MN, 55104, USA.
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- UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. .,UCD School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- Animal Genomics Laboratory, UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. .,UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Fracassetti M, Griffin PC, Willi Y. Validation of Pooled Whole-Genome Re-Sequencing in Arabidopsis lyrata. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0140462. [PMID: 26461136 PMCID: PMC4604096 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Sequencing pooled DNA of multiple individuals from a population instead of sequencing individuals separately has become popular due to its cost-effectiveness and simple wet-lab protocol, although some criticism of this approach remains. Here we validated a protocol for pooled whole-genome re-sequencing (Pool-seq) of Arabidopsis lyrata libraries prepared with low amounts of DNA (1.6 ng per individual). The validation was based on comparing single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) frequencies obtained by pooling with those obtained by individual-based Genotyping By Sequencing (GBS). Furthermore, we investigated the effect of sample number, sequencing depth per individual and variant caller on population SNP frequency estimates. For Pool-seq data, we compared frequency estimates from two SNP callers, VarScan and Snape; the former employs a frequentist SNP calling approach while the latter uses a Bayesian approach. Results revealed concordance correlation coefficients well above 0.8, confirming that Pool-seq is a valid method for acquiring population-level SNP frequency data. Higher accuracy was achieved by pooling more samples (25 compared to 14) and working with higher sequencing depth (4.1× per individual compared to 1.4× per individual), which increased the concordance correlation coefficient to 0.955. The Bayesian-based SNP caller produced somewhat higher concordance correlation coefficients, particularly at low sequencing depth. We recommend pooling at least 25 individuals combined with sequencing at a depth of 100× to produce satisfactory frequency estimates for common SNPs (minor allele frequency above 0.05).
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- Marco Fracassetti
- Institute of Biology, Evolutionary Botany, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biology, Evolutionary Botany, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Biology, Evolutionary Botany, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Fijarczyk A, Babik W. Detecting balancing selection in genomes: limits and prospects. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:3529-45. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Anna Fijarczyk
- Institute of Environmental Sciences; Jagiellonian University; Gronostajowa 7 30-387 Kraków Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences; Jagiellonian University; Gronostajowa 7 30-387 Kraków Poland
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Bianco E, Soto HW, Vargas L, Pérez-Enciso M. The chimerical genome of Isla del Coco feral pigs (Costa Rica), an isolated population since 1793 but with remarkable levels of diversity. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:2364-78. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- E. Bianco
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG); CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium; 08193 Bellaterra Spain
- Department of Animal Science; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; 08193 Bellaterra Spain
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- Escuela de Zootecnia; Universidad de Costa Rica; 10501 San José Costa Rica
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- Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC); Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE); Avenida 15, Calle 1, San José Costa Rica
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG); CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium; 08193 Bellaterra Spain
- Department of Animal Science; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; 08193 Bellaterra Spain
- Institut Català de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (ICREA); Carrer de Lluís Companys 23 Barcelona 08010 Spain
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Paudel Y, Madsen O, Megens HJ, Frantz LAF, Bosse M, Crooijmans RPMA, Groenen MAM. Copy number variation in the speciation of pigs: a possible prominent role for olfactory receptors. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:330. [PMID: 25896665 PMCID: PMC4413995 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1449-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Unraveling the genetic mechanisms associated with reduced gene flow between genetically differentiated populations is key to understand speciation. Different types of structural variations (SVs) have been found as a source of genetic diversity in a wide range of species. Previous studies provided detailed knowledge on the potential evolutionary role of SVs, especially copy number variations (CNVs), between well diverged species of e.g. primates. However, our understanding of their significance during ongoing speciation processes is limited due to the lack of CNV data from closely related species. The genus Sus (pig and its close relatives) which started to diverge ~4 Mya presents an excellent model for studying the role of CNVs during ongoing speciation. Results In this study, we identified 1408 CNV regions (CNVRs) across the genus Sus. These CNVRs encompass 624 genes and were found to evolve ~2.5 times faster than single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The majority of these copy number variable genes are olfactory receptors (ORs) known to play a prominent role in food foraging and mate recognition in Sus. Phylogenetic analyses, including novel Bayesian analysis, based on CNVRs that overlap ORs retain the well-accepted topology of the genus Sus whereas CNVRs overlapping genes other than ORs show evidence for random drift and/or admixture. Conclusion We hypothesize that inter-specific variation in copy number of ORs provided the means for rapid adaptation to different environments during the diversification of the genus Sus in the Pliocene. Furthermore, these regions might have acted as barriers preventing massive gene flow between these species during the multiple hybridization events that took place later in the Pleistocene suggesting a possible prominent role of ORs in the ongoing Sus speciation. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1449-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yogesh Paudel
- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, 6700 AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands. .,Current address: Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, 4070, Basel, Switzerland.
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, 6700 AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, 6700 AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, 6700 AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, 6700 AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, 6700 AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, 6700 AH, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Escaramís G, Docampo E, Rabionet R. A decade of structural variants: description, history and methods to detect structural variation. Brief Funct Genomics 2015; 14:305-14. [PMID: 25877305 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elv014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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In the past decade, the view on genomic structural variation (SV) has been changed completely. SVs, previously considered rare events, are now recognized as the largest source of interindividual genetic variation affecting more bases than single nucleotide polymorphisms, variable number of tandem repeats and other small genetic variants. They have also been shown to play a role in phenotypic variation and in disease. In this review, the authors will provide an introduction to SV; a short historical perspective on the research of this source of genomic variation; a description of the types of structural variants, and on how they may have arisen; and an overview on methods of detecting structural variants, focusing on the analysis of high-throughput sequencing data.
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Bianco E, Nevado B, Ramos-Onsins SE, Pérez-Enciso M. A deep catalog of autosomal single nucleotide variation in the pig. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0118867. [PMID: 25789620 PMCID: PMC4366260 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 12/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A comprehensive catalog of variability in a given species is useful for many important purposes, e.g., designing high density arrays or pinpointing potential mutations of economic or physiological interest. Here we provide a genomewide, worldwide catalog of single nucleotide variants by simultaneously analyzing the shotgun sequence of 128 pigs and five suid outgroups. Despite the high SNP missing rate of some individuals (up to 88%), we retrieved over 48 million high quality variants. Of them, we were able to assess the ancestral allele of more than 39M biallelic SNPs. We found SNPs in 21,455 out of the 25,322 annotated genes in pig assembly 10.2. The annotation showed that more than 40% of the variants were novel variants, not present in dbSNP. Surprisingly, we found a large variability in transition / transversion rate along the genome, which is very well explained (R2=0.79) primarily by genome differences in in CpG content and recombination rate. The number of SNPs per window also varied but was less dependent of known factors such as gene density, missing rate or recombination (R2=0.48). When we divided the samples in four groups, Asian wild boar (ASWB), Asian domestics (ASDM), European wild boar (EUWB) and European domestics (EUDM), we found a marked correlation in allele frequencies between domestics and wild boars within Asia and within Europe, but not across continents, due to the large evolutive distance between pigs of both continents (~1.2 MYA). In general, the porcine species showed a small percentage of SNPs exclusive of each population group. EUWB and EUDM were predicted to harbor a larger fraction of potentially deleterious mutations, according to the SIFT algorithm, than Asian samples, perhaps a result of background selection being less effective due to a lower effective population size in Europe.
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- Erica Bianco
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Bellaterra, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Animal Science, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Bellaterra, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Animal Science, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Bellaterra, Spain
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Animal Science, Bellaterra, Spain
- Institut Català de Recerca I Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Carrer de Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Spain
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Reduced Representation Libraries from DNA Pools Analysed with Next Generation Semiconductor Based-Sequencing to Identify SNPs in Extreme and Divergent Pigs for Back Fat Thickness. Int J Genomics 2015; 2015:950737. [PMID: 25821781 PMCID: PMC4364060 DOI: 10.1155/2015/950737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that could be associated with back fat thickness (BFT) in pigs. To achieve this goal, we evaluated the potential and limits of an experimental design that combined several methodologies. DNA samples from two groups of Italian Large White pigs with divergent estimating breeding value (EBV) for BFT were separately pooled and sequenced, after preparation of reduced representation libraries (RRLs), on the Ion Torrent technology. Taking advantage from SNAPE for SNPs calling in sequenced DNA pools, 39,165 SNPs were identified; 1/4 of them were novel variants not reported in dbSNP. Combining sequencing data with Illumina PorcineSNP60 BeadChip genotyping results on the same animals, 661 genomic positions overlapped with a good approximation of minor allele frequency estimation. A total of 54 SNPs showing enriched alleles in one or in the other RRLs might be potential markers associated with BFT. Some of these SNPs were close to genes involved in obesity related phenotypes.
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Ramírez O, Burgos-Paz W, Casas E, Ballester M, Bianco E, Olalde I, Santpere G, Novella V, Gut M, Lalueza-Fox C, Saña M, Pérez-Enciso M. Genome data from a sixteenth century pig illuminate modern breed relationships. Heredity (Edinb) 2015; 114:175-84. [PMID: 25204303 PMCID: PMC4815627 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Ancient DNA (aDNA) provides direct evidence of historical events that have modeled the genome of modern individuals. In livestock, resolving the differences between the effects of initial domestication and of subsequent modern breeding is not straight forward without aDNA data. Here, we have obtained shotgun genome sequence data from a sixteenth century pig from Northeastern Spain (Montsoriu castle), the ancient pig was obtained from an extremely well-preserved and diverse assemblage. In addition, we provide the sequence of three new modern genomes from an Iberian pig, Spanish wild boar and a Guatemalan Creole pig. Comparison with both mitochondrial and autosomal genome data shows that the ancient pig is closely related to extant Iberian pigs and to European wild boar. Although the ancient sample was clearly domestic, admixture with wild boar also occurred, according to the D-statistics. The close relationship between Iberian, European wild boar and the ancient pig confirms that Asian introgression in modern Iberian pigs has not existed or has been negligible. In contrast, the Guatemalan Creole pig clusters apart from the Iberian pig genome, likely due to introgression from international breeds.
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- O Ramírez
- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), PRBB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), PRBB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), PRBB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Prehistòria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG), PCB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-Universitat Pompeu Fabra), PRBB, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Prehistòria, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Consortium, Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
- Institut Català de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Carrer de Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, Spain
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Fernández AI, Muñoz M, Alves E, Folch JM, Noguera JL, Enciso MP, Rodríguez MDC, Silió L. Recombination of the porcine X chromosome: a high density linkage map. BMC Genet 2014; 15:148. [PMID: 25526890 PMCID: PMC4293812 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-014-0148-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Background Linkage maps are essential tools for the study of several topics in genome biology. High density linkage maps for the porcine autosomes have been constructed exploiting the high density data provided by the PorcineSNP60 BeadChip. However, a high density SSCX linkage map has not been reported up to date. The aim of the current study was to build an accurate linkage map of SSCX to provide precise estimates of recombination rates along this chromosome and creating a new tool for QTL fine mapping. Results A female-specific high density linkage map was built for SSCX using Sscrofa10.2 annotation. The total length of this chromosome was 84.61 cM; although the average recombination rate was 0.60 cM/Mb, both cold and hot recombination regions were identified. A Bayesian probabilistic to genetic groups and revealed that the animals used in the current study for linkage map construction were likely to be carriers of X chromosomes of European origin. Finally, the newly generated linkage map was used to fine-map a QTL at 16 cM for intramuscular fat content (IMF) measured on longissimus dorsi. The sulfatase isozyme S gene constitutes a functional and positional candidate gene underlying the QTL effect. Conclusions The current study presents for the first time a high density linkage map for SSCX and supports the presence of cold and hot recombination intervals along this chromosome. The large cold recombination region in the central segment of the chromosome is not likely to be due to structural differences between X chromosomes of European and Asian origin. In addition, the newly generated linkage map has allowed us to fine-map a QTL on SSCX for fat deposition. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12863-014-0148-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Ana I Fernández
- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Ctra. De la Coruña km. 7, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Ctra. De la Coruña km. 7, Madrid, 28040, Spain. .,The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH25 9RG, UK.
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Ctra. De la Coruña km. 7, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain. .,Present Address: Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Consortium CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain.
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- Genètica i Millora Animal, IRTA, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, Lleida, 25198, Spain.
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- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain. .,Present Address: Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Consortium CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain. .,Institut Català de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, 08010, Spain.
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- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Ctra. De la Coruña km. 7, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
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da Silva EC, de Jager N, Burgos-Paz W, Reverter A, Perez-Enciso M, Roura E. Characterization of the porcine nutrient and taste receptor gene repertoire in domestic and wild populations across the globe. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:1057. [PMID: 25471201 PMCID: PMC4302110 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The oral GPCR nutrient/taste receptor gene repertoire consists of the Tas1r family (sweet and umami tastes), the Tas2r family (bitter taste) as well as several other potential candidate sensors of amino acids, peptones and fatty acids. Taste/nutrient receptors play a fundamental role in survival through the identification of dietary nutrients or potentially toxic compounds. In humans and rodents some variations in taste sensitivity have been related to receptor polymorphisms. Some allelic variants, in turn, have been linked to the adaptation to specific geographical locations and dietary regimes. In contrast, the porcine taste/nutrient receptor repertoire has been only partially characterized and limited information on genetic variation across breeds and geographical location exists. The present study aims at filling this void which in turn will form the bases for future improvements in pig nutrition. RESULTS Our results show that the pig oral repertoire of taste/nutrient receptors consists of at least 28 receptor genes with significant transcription measured for 27. When compared to humans and rodents, the porcine gene sequences encoding sensors for carbohydrates, amino acids and fatty acids were highly conserved whilst the bitter taste gene family (known as Tas2rs) showed high divergence. We identified 15 porcine Tas2rs of which 13 are orthologous to human sequences. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sequence analysis using 79 pig genomes, representing 14 different breeds/populations, revealed that the Tas2r subset had higher variability (average π =2.8 × 10-3) than for non-bitter taste genes (π =1.2-1.5 × 10-3). In addition, our results show that the difference in nutrient receptor genes between Asian and European breeds accounts for only a small part of the variability, which is in contrast with previous findings involving genome wide data. CONCLUSIONS We have defined twenty-eight oral nutrient sensing related genes for the pig. The homology with the human repertoire is high for the porcine non-bitter taste gene repertoire and low for the porcine Tas2r repertoire. Our data suggests that bitter taste is a plastic trait, possibly associated with the ability of pigs to adapt to diverse environments and that may be subject to balancing selection.
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- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
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Ramos-Onsins SE, Burgos-Paz W, Manunza A, Amills M. Mining the pig genome to investigate the domestication process. Heredity (Edinb) 2014; 113:471-84. [PMID: 25074569 PMCID: PMC4815588 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pig domestication began around 9000 YBP in the Fertile Crescent and Far East, involving marked morphological and genetic changes that occurred in a relatively short window of time. Identifying the alleles that drove the behavioural and physiological transformation of wild boars into pigs through artificial selection constitutes a formidable challenge that can only be faced from an interdisciplinary perspective. Indeed, although basic facts regarding the demography of pig domestication and dispersal have been uncovered, the biological substrate of these processes remains enigmatic. Considerable hope has been placed on new approaches, based on next-generation sequencing, which allow whole-genome variation to be analyzed at the population level. In this review, we provide an outline of the current knowledge on pig domestication by considering both archaeological and genetic data. Moreover, we discuss several potential scenarios of genome evolution under the complex mixture of demography and selection forces at play during domestication. Finally, we highlight several technical and methodological approaches that may represent significant advances in resolving the conundrum of livestock domestication.
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- S E Ramos-Onsins
- Department of Animal Genetics, Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Edifici CRAG, Campus Universitat Autònoma Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Molnár J, Nagy T, Stéger V, Tóth G, Marincs F, Barta E. Genome sequencing and analysis of Mangalica, a fatty local pig of Hungary. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:761. [PMID: 25193519 PMCID: PMC4162939 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mangalicas are fatty type local/rare pig breeds with an increasing presence in the niche pork market in Hungary and in other countries. To explore their genetic resources, we have analysed data from next-generation sequencing of an individual male from each of three Mangalica breeds along with a local male Duroc pig. Structural variations, such as SNPs, INDELs and CNVs, were identified and particular genes with SNP variations were analysed with special emphasis on functions related to fat metabolism in pigs. RESULTS More than 60 Gb of sequence data were generated for each of the sequenced individuals, resulting in 11× to 19× autosomal median coverage. After stringent filtering, around six million SNPs, of which approximately 10% are novel compared to the dbSNP138 database, were identified in each animal. Several hundred thousands of INDELs and about 1,000 CNV gains were also identified. The functional annotation of genes with exonic, non-synonymous SNPs, which are common in all three Mangalicas but are absent in either the reference genome or the sequenced Duroc of this study, highlighted 52 genes in lipid metabolism processes. Further analysis revealed that 41 of these genes are associated with lipid metabolic or regulatory pathways, 49 are in fat-metabolism and fatness-phenotype QTLs and, with the exception of ACACA, ANKRD23, GM2A, KIT, MOGAT2, MTTP, FASN, SGMS1, SLC27A6 and RETSAT, have not previously been associated with fat-related phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS Genome analysis of Mangalica breeds revealed that local/rare breeds could be a rich source of sequence variations not present in cosmopolitan/industrial breeds. The identified Mangalica variations may, therefore, be a very useful resource for future studies of agronomically important traits in pigs.
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- Agricultural Genomics and Bioinformatics Group, Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, NARIC, Gödöllő, Hungary.
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de Simoni Gouveia JJ, da Silva MVGB, Paiva SR, de Oliveira SMP. Identification of selection signatures in livestock species. Genet Mol Biol 2014; 37:330-42. [PMID: 25071397 PMCID: PMC4094609 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572014000300004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The identification of regions that have undergone selection is one of the principal goals of theoretical and applied evolutionary genetics. Such studies can also provide information about the evolutionary processes involved in shaping genomes, as well as physical and functional information about genes/genomic regions. Domestication followed by breed formation and selection schemes has allowed the formation of very diverse livestock breeds adapted to a wide variety of environments and with special characteristics. The advances in genomics in the last five years have enabled the development of several methods to detect selection signatures and have resulted in the publication of a considerable number of studies involving livestock species. The aims of this review are to describe the principal effects of natural/artificial selection on livestock genomes, to present the main methods used to detect selection signatures and to discuss some recent results in this area. This review should be useful also to research scientists working with wild animals/non-domesticated species and plant biologists working with breeding and evolutionary biology.
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- João José de Simoni Gouveia
- Colegiado Acadêmico de Zootecnia , Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco , Petrolina, PE , Brazil . ; Programa de Doutorado Integrado em Zootecnia , Universidade Federal do Ceará , Fortaleza, CE , Brazil
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Jiang J, Wang J, Wang H, Zhang Y, Kang H, Feng X, Wang J, Yin Z, Bao W, Zhang Q, Liu JF. Global copy number analyses by next generation sequencing provide insight into pig genome variation. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:593. [PMID: 25023178 PMCID: PMC4111851 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Background Copy number variations (CNVs) confer significant effects on genetic innovation and phenotypic variation. Previous CNV studies in swine seldom focused on in-depth characterization of global CNVs. Results Using whole-genome assembly comparison (WGAC) and whole-genome shotgun sequence detection (WSSD) approaches by next generation sequencing (NGS), we probed formation signatures of both segmental duplications (SDs) and individualized CNVs in an integrated fashion, building the finest resolution CNV and SD maps of pigs so far. We obtained copy number estimates of all protein-coding genes with copy number variation carried by individuals, and further confirmed two genes with high copy numbers in Meishan pigs through an enlarged population. We determined genome-wide CNV hotspots, which were significantly enriched in SD regions, suggesting evolution of CNV hotspots may be affected by ancestral SDs. Through systematically enrichment analyses based on simulations and bioinformatics analyses, we revealed CNV-related genes undergo a different selective constraint from those CNV-unrelated regions, and CNVs may be associated with or affect pig health and production performance under recent selection. Conclusions Our studies lay out one way for characterization of CNVs in the pig genome, provide insight into the pig genome variation and prompt CNV mechanisms studies when using pigs as biomedical models for human diseases. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-593) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Fernández AI, Barragán C, Fernández A, Rodríguez MC, Villanueva B. Copy number variants in a highly inbred Iberian porcine strain. Anim Genet 2014; 45:357-66. [PMID: 24597621 DOI: 10.1111/age.12137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
We carried out a comprehensive genomic analysis of porcine copy number variants (CNVs) based on whole-genome SNP genotyping data and provided new measures of genomic diversity (number, length and distribution of CNV events) for a highly inbred strain (the Guadyerbas strain). This strain represents one of the most ancient surviving populations of the Iberian breed, and it is currently in serious danger of extinction. CNV detection was conducted on the complete Guadyerbas population, adjusted for genomic waves, and used strict quality criteria, pedigree information and the latest porcine genome annotation. The analysis led to the detection of 65 CNV regions (CNVRs). These regions cover 0.33% of the autosomal genome of this particular strain. Twenty-nine of these CNVRs were identified here for the first time. The relatively low number of detected CNVRs is in line with the low variability and high inbreeding estimated previously for this Iberian strain using pedigree, microsatellite or SNP data. A comparison across different porcine studies has revealed that more than half of these regions overlap with previously identified CNVRs or multicopy regions. Also, a preliminary analysis of CNV detection using whole-genome sequence data for four Guadyerbas pigs showed overlapping for 16 of the CNVRs, supporting their reliability. Some of the identified CNVRs contain relevant functional genes (e.g., the SCD and USP15 genes), which are worth being further investigated because of their importance in determining the quality of Iberian pig products. The CNVR data generated could be useful for improving the porcine genome annotation.
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Affiliation(s)
- A I Fernández
- Departamento de Mejora Genética Animal, INIA, Ctra. De la Coruña km. 7.5, Madrid, 28040, Spain
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Ferretti L, Ramos-Onsins SE, Pérez-Enciso M. Population genomics from pool sequencing. Mol Ecol 2013; 22:5561-76. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.12522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 08/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Luca Ferretti
- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG); UAB 08193 Bellaterra Spain
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- Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG); UAB 08193 Bellaterra Spain
- Department of Animal Science and Food; Faculty of Veterinary; Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona; 08193 Bellaterra Spain
- Institut Català de Recerca i Estudis Avancats (ICREA); Passeig Lluís Companys 23 08010 Barcelona Spain
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