Fine mapping and single nucleotide polymorphism effects estimation on pig chromosomes 1, 4, 7, 8, 17 and X

A.M. Hidalgo, P.S. Lopes, M. Paixao, F. Silva, J.W.M. Bastiaansen, A. Paiva

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Abstract

Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) from previous linkage studies was performed on pig chromosomes 1, 4, 7, 8, 17, and X which were known to harbor QTL. Traits were divided into: growth performance, carcass, internal organs, cut yields, and meat quality. Fifty families were used of a F2 population produced by crossing local Brazilian Piau boars with commercial sows. The linkage map consisted of 237 SNP and 37 microsatellite markers covering 866 centimorgans. QTL were identified by regression interval mapping using GridQTL. Individual marker effects were estimated by Bayesian LASSO regression using R. In total, 32 QTL affecting the evaluated traits were detected along the chromosomes studied. Seven of the QTL were known from previous studies using our F2 population, and 25 novel QTL resulted from the increased marker coverage. Six of the seven QTL that were significant at the 5% genome-wide level had SNPs within their confidence interval whose effects were among the 5% largest effects. The combined use of microsatellites along with SNP markers increased the saturation of the genome map and led to smaller confidence intervals of the QTL. The results showed that the tested models yield similar improvements in QTL mapping accuracy.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)511-519
JournalGenetics and Molecular Biology
Volume36
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Keywords

  • quantitative trait loci
  • carcass composition traits
  • stress-syndrome gene
  • meat quality traits
  • molecular markers
  • divergent crosses
  • qtl
  • population
  • linkage
  • expression

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