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ArticleGenetics, selection, evolution : GSE2014

Concordance analysis for QTL detection in dairy cattle: a case study of leg morphology.

Irene van den Berg, Sébastien Fritz, Sabrina Rodriguez, Dominique Rocha, Mekki Boussaha, Mogens S Lund, Didier Boichard

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Article in Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Irene van den BergINRA, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France. irene.vanderberg@jouy.inra.fr.
Sébastien Fritz
Sabrina Rodriguez
Dominique Rocha
Mekki Boussaha
Mogens S Lund
Didier Boichard
AgroParisTech · FRAarhus University · DKGénétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative · FRInstitute of Bioinformatics · INTerres Univia · FRUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FR

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Abstract

backgroundThe present availability of sequence data gives new opportunities to narrow down from QTL (quantitative trait locus) regions to causative mutations. Our objective was to decrease the number of candidate causative mutations in a QTL region. For this, a concordance analysis was applied for a leg conformation trait in dairy cattle. Several QTL were detected for which the QTL status (homozygous or heterozygous for the QTL) was inferred for each individual. Subsequently, the inferred QTL status was used in a concordance analysis to reduce the number of candidate mutations.

methodsTwenty QTL for rear leg set side view were mapped using Bayes C. Marker effects estimated during QTL mapping were used to infer the QTL status for each individual. Subsequently, polymorphisms present in the QTL regions were extracted from the whole-genome sequences of 71 Holstein bulls. Only polymorphisms for which the status was concordant with the QTL status were kept as candidate causative mutations.

resultsQTL status could be inferred for 15 of the 20 QTL. The number of concordant polymorphisms differed between QTL and depended on the number of QTL statuses that could be inferred and the linkage disequilibrium in the QTL region. For some QTL, the concordance analysis was efficient and narrowed down to a limited number of candidate mutations located in one or two genes, while for other QTL a large number of genes contained concordant polymorphisms.

conclusionsFor regions for which the concordance analysis could be performed, we were able to reduce the number of candidate mutations. For part of the QTL, the concordant analyses narrowed QTL regions down to a limited number of genes, of which some are known for their role in limb or skeletal development in humans and mice. Mutations in these genes are good candidates for QTN (quantitative trait nucleotides) influencing rear leg set side view.

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Quantitative Trait LociAnimalsBayes TheoremCattleChromosome MappingGenetic MarkersHaplotypesHeterozygoteLinkage DisequilibriumLower ExtremityModels, GeneticMutationPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideGenetic Markers

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PMID24884971
PMCPMC4046048
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