Genome-wide association study identifies three loci for intramuscular fat in Hanwoo (Korean cattle)

Author(s)
Lee, S H
Choi, B H
Jang, S S
Lee, H K
Kang, H S
Yang, B S
Cho, S H
Lim, D
Choi, T J
Park, B H
Lee, J H
Gondro, Cedric
Sharma, A
Dang, C G
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
This study identified 59 SNPs significantly (P<0.001) associated with IMF using a genome-wide SNP panel, validating three SNPs using a validation dataset. The largest numbers (9 SNPs, 15% of the total significantly associated SNPs) of SNPs significantly associated with IMF were in BTA1. Of these, five were located between BTA1:22-27. Mb and three were between BTA1:82-85. Mb. The significantly associated SNPs accounted for only 3-5% of additive genetic variance. In the validation dataset, 3 SNPs (Hapmap54608-rs29020417, ARS-BFGL-NGS-5976 and Hapmap47624-BTA-44484) that showed an association with IMF in the single-point GWAS were significantly, positively associated with percent IMF (favorable alleles). One SNP (ARS-BFGL-NGS-29493) was significantly negatively associated (unfavorable allele). This study found that, in Hanwoo cattle, three loci were associated with IMF using GWAS and a validation dataset. The 3 SNPs explain 5.4% of phenotypic variation for IMF in Hanwoo commercial steers. In conclusion, IMF had a high heritability (0.5) but was expected to be affected by many loci with small effects.
Citation
Livestock Science, v.165, p. 27-32
ISSN
1871-1413
Link
Language
en
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Title
Genome-wide association study identifies three loci for intramuscular fat in Hanwoo (Korean cattle)
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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