Water buffalo genome characterization by the Illumina BovineHD BeadChip

To define the best strategies for genomic association studies and genomic selection, it is necessary to determine the extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) and the genetic structure of the study population. The current study evaluated the transference of genomic information contained in the Illumina...

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Published in:Genetics and molecular research 2014-06, Vol.13 (2), p.4202-4215
Main Authors: Borquis, R R A, Baldi, F, de Camargo, G M F, Cardoso, D F, Santos, D J A, Lugo, N H, Sargolzaei, M, Schenkel, F S, Albuquerque, L G, Tonhati, H
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Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Buffaloes - genetics
Cattle
Chromosomes, Mammalian
Gene Frequency
Genetic Association Studies
Genome
Genomics - methods
Linkage Disequilibrium
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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Summary:To define the best strategies for genomic association studies and genomic selection, it is necessary to determine the extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) and the genetic structure of the study population. The current study evaluated the transference of genomic information contained in the Illumina BovineHD BeadChip from cattle to buffaloes, and assessed the extent of the LD in buffaloes. Of the 688,593 bovine single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) that were successfully genotyped from the 384 buffalo samples, only 16,580 markers were polymorphic, and had minor allele frequencies greater than 0.05. A total of 16,580 polymorphic SNPs were identified, which were uniformly distributed throughout the autosomes, because the density and mean distance between markers were similar for all autosomes. The average minor allele frequency for the 16,580 SNPs was 0.23. The overall mean LD for pairs of adjacent markers was 0.29 and 0.71, when measured as for r2 and |D'|, respectively. The 16,580 polymorphic SNPs were matched to Bos taurus chromosome in the current bovine genome assembly (Btau 4.2), and could be utilized in association studies. In conclusion, the Illumina BovineHD BeadChip contains approximately 16,580 polymorphic markers for the water buffalo, which are broadly distributed across the genome. These data could be used in genomic association and genomic selection studies; however, it might be necessary to develop a panel with specific SNP markers for water buffaloes.
ISSN:1676-5680
1676-5680
DOI:10.4238/2014.June.9.6