title: Genome-wide association study identifies Loci and candidate genes for body composition and meat quality traits in Beijing-You chickens.
abstract: Body composition and meat quality traits are important economic traits of chickens. The development of high-throughput genotyping platforms and relevant statistical methods have enabled genome-wide association studies in chickens. In order to identify molecular markers and candidate genes associated with body composition and meat quality traits, genome-wide association studies were conducted using the Illumina 60 K SNP Beadchip to genotype 724 Beijing-You chickens. For each bird, a total of 16 traits were measured, including carcass weight (CW), eviscerated weight (EW), dressing percentage, breast muscle weight (BrW) and percentage (BrP), thigh muscle weight and percentage, abdominal fat weight and percentage, dry matter and intramuscular fat contents of breast and thigh muscle, ultimate pH, and shear force of the pectoralis major muscle at 100 d of age. The SNPs that were significantly associated with the phenotypic traits were identified using both simple (GLM) and compressed mixed linear (MLM) models. For nine of ten body composition traits studied, SNPs showing genome wide significance (P<2.59E-6) have been identified. A consistent region on chicken (Gallus gallus) chromosome 4 (GGA4), including seven significant SNPs and four candidate genes (LCORL, LAP3, LDB2, TAPT1), were found to be associated with CW and EW. Another 0.65 Mb region on GGA3 for BrW and BrP was identified. After measuring the mRNA content in beast muscle for five genes located in this region, the changes in GJA1 expression were found to be consistent with that of breast muscle weight across development. It is highly possible that GJA1 is a functional gene for breast muscle development in chickens. For meat quality traits, several SNPs reaching suggestive association were identified and possible candidate genes with their functions were discussed.
authors: Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, PR China.
authors: Ranran
authors: R
authors: Liu
authors: Yanfa
authors: Y
authors: Sun
authors: Guiping
authors: G
authors: Zhao
authors: Fangjie
authors: F
authors: Wang
authors: Dan
authors: D
authors: Wu
authors: Maiqing
authors: M
authors: Zheng
authors: Jilan
authors: J
authors: Chen
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Zhang
authors: Yaodong
authors: Y
authors: Hu
authors: Jie
authors: J
authors: Wen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition / Q000235:genetics*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000235:genetics*; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics*; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D010369:Pectoralis Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010641:Phenotype; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger
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