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Liu S, Fu C, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Ma H, Xiong Z, Ling Y, Zhao C. Current genetic conservation of Chinese indigenous horses revealed with Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2021; 11:jkab008. [PMID: 33604674 PMCID: PMC8022964 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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To investigate the genetic diversity of Chinese indigenous horses and determine the genetic status of extant horse breeds, novel Y chromosomal microsatellite markers and known Y chromosomal SNPs and mtDNA loop sequences, were employed to study the genetic diversity levels of 13 Chinese indigenous horse populations and four introduced breeds. Sixteen Y-chromosomal microsatellite markers, including seven newly identified loci, were used in the genotyping. The results showed that 4 out of the 16 loci were highly polymorphic in Chinese indigenous horse populations, in which the polymorphisms of 3 loci, ECAYP12, ECAYP13, and ECAYCAU3, were first reported in the present study. The polymorphic Y chromosomal microsatellite markers result in 19 haplotypes in the studied horses and formed 24 paternal lines when merged with the 14 Y chromosomal SNPs reported previously. The haplotypes CHT18 and SS24 harboring AMELY gene mutation were the ancestral haplotypes, and other haplotypes were derived from them by one or more mutation steps. The horse populations in mountainous and remote areas of southwestern China have the most ancient paternal lines, which suggests that ancient paternal lines preserved in local populations attributed to less human interventions. Our results also showed that the northern local breeds had higher mtDNA diversity than the southern ones in China. The frequency of haplogroup B, F, and G of mtDNA in Chinese indigenous horses has declined in recent years, and some breeds are in endangered status mainly due to small population sizes. Urgent actions should be taken to conserve the genetic diversity of the indigenous horse populations, especially the rare paternal lines. Our findings help to elucidate the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of Chinese domestic horses, which will facilitate the conservation of the indigenous horses in the future.
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- Shuqin Liu
- Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Animal Genetic Improvement, Beijing, China
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- Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Animal Genetic Improvement, Beijing, China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding. Beijing, China
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Liu S, Yang Y, Pan Q, Sun Y, Ma H, Liu Y, Wang M, Zhao C, Wu C. Ancient Patrilineal Lines and Relatively High ECAY Diversity Preserved in Indigenous Horses Revealed With Novel Y-Chromosome Markers. Front Genet 2020; 11:467. [PMID: 32508879 PMCID: PMC7253630 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Extremely low nucleotide diversity of modern horse Y-chromosome has been reported, and only poor phylogenetic resolution could be resulted from limited Y-chromosome markers. In this study, three types of horse Y-chromosome markers, including Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), copy number variants (CNVs), and allele-specific CNVs, were developed by screening more than 300 male horses from 23 indigenous Chinese horse populations and 4 imported horse breeds. Fourteen segregating sites including a novel SNP in the AMELY gene were found in approximately 53 kb of male-specific Y-chromosome sequences. CNVs were detected at 11 of 14 sites, while allele-specific CNVs at 6 polymorphic sites in repeated fragments were also determined. The phylogenetic analyses with the SNPs identified in this study and previously published 51 SNPs obtained mainly from European horses showed that indigenous Chinese horses exhibit much deeper divergence than European and Middle Eastern horses, while individuals of Chinese horses with the C allele of the AMELY gene constituted the most ancient group. Via SNPs, CNVs, and allele-specific CNVs, much higher diversity of paternal lines can be detected than those identified with merely SNPs. Our results indicated that there are ancient paternal horse lines preserved in southwestern China, which sheds new light on the domestication and immigration of horses, and suggest that the priorities of the conservation should be given to the ancient and rare paternal lines. These three marker types provided finer phylogenetic resolution of horse patrilineal lines, and the strategies used in the present study also provide valuable reference for the genetic studies of other mammalian patrilineages.
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- Shuqin Liu
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- School of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- School of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Shandong, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Genetic Improvement, Beijing, China
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Yang Y, Zhu Q, Liu S, Zhao C, Wu C. The origin of Chinese domestic horses revealed with novel mtDNA variants. Anim Sci J 2016; 88:19-26. [PMID: 27071843 DOI: 10.1111/asj.12583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The origin of domestic horses in China was a controversial issue and several hypotheses including autochthonous domestication, introduction from other areas, and multiple-origins from both introduction and local wild horse introgression have been proposed, but none of them have been fully supported by DNA data. In the present study, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences of 714 Chinese indigenous horses were analyzed. The results showed that Chinese domestic horses harbor some novel mtDNA haplogroups and suggested that local domestication events may have occurred, but they are not the dominant haplogroups and the geographical distributions of the novel mtDNA haplogroups were rather restricted. Conclusively, our results support the hypothesis that the domestic horses in China originated from both the introduced horses from outside of China and the local wild horses' introgression into the domestic populations. Results of genetic diversity analysis suggested a possibility that the introduced horses entered China through northern regions from the Eurasian steppe.
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- Yunzhou Yang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Science, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Genomic Medicine, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics of Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Equine Center, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Key laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics of Ministry of Agriculture, P.R. China
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Senthilkumar KP, Thirumurugan R. Impact of tobacco on glutathione S transferase gene loci of Indian ethnics. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2012; 13:5037-42. [PMID: 23244106 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.10.5037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Tobacco contains agents which generate various potent DNA adducts that can cause gene mutations. Production of DNA adducts may be neutralized by glutathione S transferase (GST) along with other phase I and phase II enzyme systems. The existence of null type of GST among the population increases the susceptibility to various disorders and diseases. The present study focuses on the impact of high tobacco usage and possible null type mutation in GST loci. METHODS Genotypes of GST were detected by multiplex polymerase chain reaction in unrelated 504 volunteers of high tobacco using natives of Gujarat. Allelic frequencies were calculated using Statistical Package for Social Studies-16 software. Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE) was calculated using Chi square test. Two sided Fisher's significance test was used to compare allelic frequencies of different populations. RESULTS The frequency of homozygous null genotype of GSTM1 and GSTT1 were 20% (95% CI 16.7-23.9) and 35.5% (95% CI 31.4-39.9) respectively. The GSTM1 and GSTT1 null allele frequency distribution in the Gujarat population was significantly deviating from HWE. GSTT1 null frequency of Gujaratians was significantly higher and different to all reported low tobacco using Indian ethnics, while GSTM1 was not differing significantly. CONCLUSION Tobacco usage significantly influences the rate of mutation and frequency of GSTT1 and M1 null types among the habituates. The rate of mutation in GSTT1 loci was an undeviating response to the dose of tobacco usage among the population. This mutational impact of tobacco on GSTT1 postulates the possible gene - environment interaction and selection of null genotype among the subjects to prone them under susceptible status for various cancers and even worst to cure the population with GSTT1 dependent drugs.
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- K P Senthilkumar
- Department of Zoology, The Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai, India
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