Single nucleotide polymorphisms in chicken lmbr1 gene were associated with chicken growth and carcass traits  

作　　者：HUANG YanQun1,2,3, DU XiaoHui2, DENG XueMei4, QIU XiangPin2, WANG ChunKao4, CHEN Wen3, LI Ning1 & WU ChangXin4 1 State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China 2 College of Animal Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya’an 625014, China 3 College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China 4 College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China 

出　　处：《Science China(Life Sciences)》2007年第1期62-69,共8页中国科学（生命科学英文版）

基　　金：the State Major Basic Research Development Program (Grant No. G20000161); Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 5011002)

摘　　要：Lmbr1 is the key candidate gene controlling vertebrate limb development, but its effects on animal growth and carcass traits have never been reported. In this experiment, lmbr1 was taken as the candi-date gene affecting chicken growth and carcass traits. T/C and G/A mutations located in exon 16 and one A/C mutation located in intron 5 of chicken lmbr1 were detected from Silky, White Plymouth Rock broilers and their F2 crossing chickens by PCR-SSCP and sequencing methods. The analysis of vari-ance (ANOVA) results suggests that T/C polymorphism of exon 16 had significant association with eviscerated yield rate (EYR), gizzard rate (GR), shank and claw rate (SCR) and shank girth (SG); A/C polymorphism of intron 5 was significantly associated with SCR, liver rate and head-neck weight (HNW), while both sites had no significant association with other growth and carcass traits. These results demonstrate that lmbr1 gene could be a genetic locus or linked to a major gene significantly affecting these growth and carcass traits in chicken.Lmbr1 is the key candidate gene controlling vertebrate limb development, but its effects on animal growth and carcass traits have never been reported. In this experiment, lmbr1 was taken as the candi-date gene affecting chicken growth and carcass traits. T/C and G/A mutations located in exon 16 and one A/C mutation located in intron 5 of chicken lmbr1 were detected from Silky, White Plymouth Rock broilers and their F2 crossing chickens by PCR-SSCP and sequencing methods. The analysis of vari-ance (ANOVA) results suggests that T/C polymorphism of exon 16 had significant association with eviscerated yield rate (EYR), gizzard rate (GR), shank and claw rate (SCR) and shank girth (SG); A/C polymorphism of intron 5 was significantly associated with SCR, liver rate and head-neck weight (HNW), while both sites had no significant association with other growth and carcass traits. These results demonstrate that lmbr1 gene could be a genetic locus or linked to a major gene significantly affecting these growth and carcass traits in chicken.

关 键 词：CHICKEN lmbr1 SNPs SHANK and CLAW rate CARCASS TRAITS 

分 类 号：S831[农业科学—畜牧学]