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ArticleBMC genomics2020

Whole genome resequencing reveals an association of ABCC4 variants with preaxial polydactyly in pigs.

Cheng Ma, Saber Khederzadeh, Adeniyi C Adeola, Xu-Man Han, Hai-Bing Xie, Ya-Ping Zhang

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Article in BMC genomics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cheng MaState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Saber KhederzadehState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Adeniyi C AdeolaState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Xu-Man HanState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China.
Hai-Bing XieState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China. xiehb@mail.kiz.ac.cn.
Ya-Ping ZhangState Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Yunnan Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China. zhangyp@mail.kiz.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-1114
Kunming Institute of Zoology · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31472000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPolydactyly is one of the most common congenital limb dysplasia in many animal species. Although preaxial polydactyly (PPD) has been comprehensively studied in humans as a common abnormality, the genetic variations in other animal species have not been fully understood. Herein, we focused on the pig, as an even-toed ungulate mammal model with its unique advantages in medical and genetic researches, two PPD families consisting of four affected and 20 normal individuals were sequenced.

resultsOur results showed that the PPD in the sampled pigs were not related to previously reported variants. A strong association was identified at ABCC4 and it encodes a transmembrane protein involved in ciliogenesis. We found that the affected and normal individuals were highly differentiated at ABCC4, and all the PPD individuals shared long haplotype stretches as compared with the unaffected individuals. A highly differentiated missense mutation (I85T) in ABCC4 was observed at a residue from a transmembrane domain highly conserved among a variety of organisms.

conclusionsThis study reports ABCC4 as a new candidate gene and identifies a missense mutation for PPD in pigs. Our results illustrate a putative role of ciliogenesis process in PPD, coinciding with an earlier observation of ciliogenesis abnormality resulting in pseudo-thumb development in pandas. These results expand our knowledge on the genetic variations underlying PPD in animals.

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AnimalsATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C ProteinsFemaleMaleMutation, MissensePedigreePolydactylySwineWhole Genome SequencingATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family C ProteinsABCC4CiliogenesisLimb developmentPreaxial polydactylyWhole-genome sequencing

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PMID32228435
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