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Title: Genome-Wide Association Study of Meat Quality Traits in Hanwoo Beef Cattle Using Imputed Whole-Genome Sequence Data
Contributor(s): Bedhane, Mohammed (author); van der Werf, Julius  (author)orcid ; Gondro, Cedric  (author)orcid ; Duijvesteijn, Naomi  (author); Lim, Dajeong (author); Park, Byoungho (author); Park, Mi Na (author); Hee, Roh Seung (author); Clark, Samuel  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2019-11-29
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01235
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29020
Abstract: The discovery of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) and the subsequent genotyping of large numbers of animals have enabled large-scale analyses to begin to understand the biological processes that underpin variation in animal populations. In beef cattle, genome-wide association studies using genotype arrays have revealed many quantitative trait loci (QTL) for various production traits such as growth, efficiency and meat quality. Most studies regarding meat quality have focused on marbling, which is a key trait associated with meat eating quality. However, other important traits like meat color, texture and fat color have not commonly been studied. Developments in genome sequencing technologies provide new opportunities to identify regions associated with these traits more precisely. The objective of this study was to estimate variance components and identify significant variants underpinning variation in meat quality traits using imputed whole genome sequence data. Phenotypic and genomic data from 2,110 Hanwoo cattle were used. The estimated heritabilities for the studied traits were 0.01, 0.16, 0.31, and 0.49 for fat color, meat color, meat texture and marbling score, respectively. Marbling score and meat texture were highly correlated. The genome-wide association study revealed 107 significant SNPs located on 14 selected chromosomes (one QTL region per selected chromosome). Four QTL regions were identified on BTA2, 12, 16, and 24 for marbling score and two QTL regions were found for meat texture trait on BTA12 and 29. Similarly, three QTL regions were identified for meat color on BTA2, 14 and 24 and five QTL regions for fat color on BTA7, 10, 12, 16, and 21. Candidate genes were identified for all traits, and their potential influence on the given trait was discussed. The significant SNP will be an important inclusion into commercial genotyping arrays to select new breeding animals more accurately.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Frontiers in Genetics, v.10, p. 1-13
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
Place of Publication: Switzerland
ISSN: 1664-8021
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 070201 Animal Breeding
060412 Quantitative Genetics (incl. Disease and Trait Mapping Genetics)
060408 Genomics
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 300305 Animal reproduction and breeding
310506 Gene mapping
310509 Genomics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 830301 Beef Cattle
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 100401 Beef cattle
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Description: The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2019.01235/full#supplementary-material
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