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ArticleJournal of applied genetics2017

Association of SNPs in dopamine and serotonin pathway genes and their interacting genes with temperament traits in Charolais cows.

E Garza-Brenner, A M Sifuentes-Rincón, R D Randel, F A Paredes-Sánchez, G M Parra-Bracamonte, W Arellano Vera, F A Rodríguez Almeida, A Segura Cabrera

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Article in Journal of applied genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

E Garza-BrennerLaboratorio de Biotecnología Animal, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro SN, Esq. Elías Piña, Col. Narciso Mendoza, 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.
A M Sifuentes-RincónLaboratorio de Biotecnología Animal, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro SN, Esq. Elías Piña, Col. Narciso Mendoza, 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México. asifuentes@ipn.mx.
R D RandelTexas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University System, Overton, TX, 75684, USA.
F A Paredes-SánchezInstituto Politécnico Nacional, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Ingeniería Campus Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México.
G M Parra-BracamonteLaboratorio de Biotecnología Animal, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro SN, Esq. Elías Piña, Col. Narciso Mendoza, 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.
W Arellano VeraLaboratorio de Biotecnología Animal, Centro de Biotecnología Genómica, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Boulevard del Maestro SN, Esq. Elías Piña, Col. Narciso Mendoza, 88710, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, México.
F A Rodríguez AlmeidaFacultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México.
A Segura CabreraRed de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología A.C., Xalapa, México.
Instituto Politécnico Nacional · MXAutonomous University of Chihuahua · MXInstituto de Ecología · MXTexas A&M University System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cattle temperament is a complex trait, and molecular studies aimed at defining this trait are scarce. We used an interaction networks approach to identify new genes (interacting genes) and to estimate their effects and those of 19 dopamine- and serotonin-related genes on the temperament traits of Charolais cattle. The genes proopiomelanocortin (POMC), neuropeptide Y (NPY), solute carrier family 18, member 2 (SLC18A2) and FBJ murine osteosarcoma viral oncogene homologue (FOSFBJ) were identified as new candidates. Their potential to be associated with temperament was estimated according to their reported biological activities, which included interactions with neural activity, receptor function, targeting or synthesis of neurotransmitters and association with behaviour. Pen score (PS) and exit velocity (EV) measures were determined from 412 Charolais cows to calculate their temperament score (TS). Based on the TS, calm (n = 55; TS, 1.09 ± 0.33) and temperamental (n = 58; TS, 2.27 ± 0.639) cows were selected and genotyped using a 248 single-nucleotide variation (SNV) panel. Of the 248 variations in the panel, only 151 were confirmed to be polymorphic (single-nucleotide polymorphisms; SNPs) in the tested population. Single-marker association analyses between genotypes and temperament measures (EV, PS and/or TS) indicated significant associations of six SNPs from four candidate genes. The markers rs109576799 and rs43696138, located in the DRD3 and HTR2A genes, respectively, were significantly associated with both EV and TS traits. Four markers, rs110365063 and rs137756569 from the POMC gene and rs110365063 and rs135155082 located in SLC18A2 and DRD2, respectively, were associated with PS. The variant rs110365063 located in bovine SLC18A2 causes a change in the amino acid sequence from Ala to Thr. Further studies are needed to confirm the association of genetic profile with cattle temperament; however, our study represents important progress in understanding the regulation of cattle temperament by different genes with divergent functions.

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Epistasis, GeneticTemperamentAnimalsBehavior, AnimalCattleDopamineFemaleGenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSerotoninDopamineSerotoninBehaviourBosNetBovineCandidate genesNeurotransmitters

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