Mapping genetic diversity in European gene banks: preliminary results on chickens for the validation of IMAGE001 array

M. Tixier-Boichard*, N. Peynot, D. Duclos, S. Weigend, L. Monteagudo, A. Martinez Martinez, J.V. Delgado, R. Gonzalez Prendes, R. Crooijmans, G. Restoux

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Abstract

Gene banks are a component of a national strategy for the preservation of genetic diversity. Gene bank managers need to have a global and comparable picture of the diversity in their collections in order to rationalize them. Facing a diversity of molecular tools is a difficulty. The IMAGE H2020 project aimed at developing a low cost 60k SNP array to facilitate the mapping of diversity in gene banks. The first test of this array was performed for chicken with 204 samples from 18 local breeds and nine experimental lines provided by Germany, France and Spain. The MAF across population was 0.34, showing that this tool is useful over a range of populations. The principal component analysis and the Neighbor-joining tree showed that local breeds did not cluster according to country and were generally homogenous. Comparison with on-farm populations remains to be done to assess the value of the gene bank collections.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP)
Subtitle of host publicationTechnical and species orientated innovations in animal breeding, and contribution of genetics to solving societal challenges
EditorsR.F. Veerkamp, Y. de Haas
Place of PublicationWageningen
PublisherWageningen Academic Publishers
Pages1037-1040
ISBN (Electronic)9789086869404
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventWorld Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: WCGALP 2022 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 3 Jul 20228 Jul 2022

Conference/symposium

Conference/symposiumWorld Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production: WCGALP 2022
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityRotterdam
Period3/07/228/07/22

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