Estimation of inbreeding and identification of regions under heavy selection based on runs of homozygosity in a Large White pig population  

作　　者：Liangyu Shi Ligang Wang Jiaxin Liu Tianyu Deng Hua Yan Longchao Zhang Xin Liu Hongmei Gao Xinhua Hou Lixian Wang Fuping Zhao 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics,Breeding and Reproduction(poultry)of Ministry of Agricuture,Institute of Animal Sciences,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,China

出　　处：《Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology》2020年第4期965-974,共10页畜牧与生物技术杂志（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31572357) to FPZ;the National Swine Industry Technology System(CARS-35) to LXW。

摘　　要：Background: Runs of homozygosity(ROHs) are homozygous segments of the genome where the two haplotypes inherited from the parents are identical. The current availability of genotypes for a very large number of single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) is leading to more accurate characterization of ROHs in the whole genome. Here,we investigated the occurrence and distribution of ROHs in 3,692 Large White pigs and compared estimates of inbreeding coefficients calculated based on ROHs(FROH), homozygosity(FHOM), genomic relationship matrix(FGRM)and pedigree(FPED). Furthermore, we identified genomic regions with high ROH frequencies and annotated their candidate genes.Results: In total, 176,182 ROHs were identified from 3,569 animals, and all individuals displayed at least one ROH longer than 1 Mb. The ROHs identified were unevenly distributed on the autosomes. The highest and lowest coverages of Sus scrofa chromosomes(SSC) by ROH were on SSC14 and SSC13, respectively. The highest pairwise correlation among the different inbreeding coefficient estimates was 0.95 between FROH_totaland FHOM, while the lowest was-0.083 between FGRMand FPED. The correlations between FPEDand FROHusing four classes of ROH lengths ranged from 0.18 to 0.37 and increased with increasing ROH length, except for ROH > 10 Mb. Twelve ROH islands were located on four chromosomes(SSC1, 4, 6 and 14). These ROH islands harboured genes associated with reproduction, muscular development, fat deposition and adaptation, such as SIRT1, MYPN, SETDB1 and PSMD4.Conclusion: FROHcan be used to accurately assess individual inbreeding levels compared to other inbreeding coefficient estimators. In the absence of pedigree records, FROHcan provide an alternative to inbreeding estimates.Our findings can be used not only to effectively increase the response to selection by appropriately managing the rate of inbreeding and minimizing the negative effects of inbreeding depression but also to help detect genomic regions with an effect on traits under selection.

关 键 词：Candidate genes Inbreeding coefficients Runs of homozygosity Sus scrofa 

分 类 号：S828.2[农业科学—畜牧学]