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21 Jan 2019
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Comprehensive assessment of candidate genes associated with fattening performance in Holstein–Friesian bulls
Sena Ardicli
Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, 16059 Nilufer, Bursa, Turkey
Hale Samli
Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, 16059 Nilufer, Bursa, Turkey
Buse Vatansever
Department of Biology, Institute of Science, Uludag University, 16059 Nilufer, Bursa, Turkey
Bahadir Soyudal
Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, 16059 Nilufer, Bursa, Turkey
Deniz Dincel
Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, 16059 Nilufer, Bursa, Turkey
Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, 16059 Nilufer, Bursa, Turkey
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Xiang Yu, Xibi Fang, Hang Xiao, Zhihui Zhao, Steffen Maak, Mengyan Wang, and Runjun Yang
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Genetic markers are important tools for beef cattle breeding. Our work suggests that CAPN1 genetic markers have a positive effect on meat tenderness and marbling traits, the most important meat quality traits for consumers. The associations between the genotyped SNPs in this research and meat quality traits are of potential interest to the beef industry and could lay an important foundation for the expanding panel of functional variation relevant to meat quality.
Mohamed Amine Ferchichi, Bayrem Jemmali, Sihem Amiri, Abderrahmane Ben Gara, and Boulbaba Rekik
Arch. Anim. Breed., 61, 305–310, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-305-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-305-2018, 2018
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This study aims to investigate the screening of leptin genetic polymorphism and its effect on lameness prevalence. Prevalence of lameness was evaluated and results showed that genotypes and other factors included in the logistic regression model significantly affect the prevalence of lameness in Holstein cows (P < 0.01). The probability of lameness incidence varied between 37 % and 99 % with parity. This recorded incidence is greater in winter and autumn than in the summer and spring.
Špela Malovrh, Tanja Kunej, Milena Kovač, and Peter Dovč
Arch. Anim. Breed., 61, 271–278, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-271-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-271-2018, 2018
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Effects of miRNA polymorphisms on phenotypic traits have been studied in several species but much less in cattle. We tested the association between polymorphisms of bta-miR-2313 and growth and carcass traits in the Slovenian Simmental cattle breed and developed an atlas of miRNA regulatory elements. Bta-miR-2313 warrants further functional analysis since it overlaps with several QTL, has over 3100 predicted targets, and is located within GRAMD1B, associated with production traits in cattle.
Ping Jiang, Xibi Fang, Zhihui Zhao, Xianzhong Yu, Boxing Sun, Haibin Yu, and Runjun Yang
Arch. Anim. Breed., 61, 115–122, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-115-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-115-2018, 2018
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ACADSB is a member of the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase family, which can catalyze the dehydrogenation of acyl-CoA derivatives in lipometabolism. Our previous transcriptome analysis results identified it as a differentially expressed gene in mammary tissue between low and high milk fat cattle. Current results showed that ACADSB expression level was positively correlated with cellular triglycerides content, and it was actively involved in fatty acid metabolism pathway in BME cell of dairy cattle.
Haidong Zhao, Mingli Wu, Shuhui Wang, Xiaohui Yu, Ze Li, Ruihua Dang, and Xiuzhu Sun
Arch. Anim. Breed., 61, 71–78, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-71-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-61-71-2018, 2018
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The androgen receptor (AR) plays the vital role of a bridge on the function of the androgen and has sexual size dimorphism. For this reason, the objective of this study was to explore the novel indel variants within the cattle AR gene and to detect a novel 24 bp indel within the AR gene. It significantly affected growth traits, suggesting that this indel may be a useful DNA marker for the elimination or selection of excellent individuals for cattle breeding.
Jieping Huang, Qiuzhi Zheng, Shuzhe Wang, Qiongqiong Zhang, Lijun Jiang, Ruijie Hao, Fen Li, and Yun Ma
Arch. Anim. Breed., 60, 357–362, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-357-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-357-2017, 2017
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We investigated the expression profile and polymorphism of bovine PPARD as well as their association with growth traits in Chinese cattle. Association analysis suggested that individuals with the GAAGTT combined genotype of three SNPs detected showed optimal values in all the growth traits analyzed. These results revealed that the GAAGTT combined genotype of three SNPs detected in the bovine PPARD gene was a significant potential genetic marker for marker-assisted selection in Chinese cattle.
Han Xu, Sihuan Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Ruihua Dang, Chuzhao Lei, Hong Chen, and Xianyong Lan
Arch. Anim. Breed., 60, 285–296, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-285-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-285-2017, 2017
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This work identified SNPs in the growth- and development-related ATBF1 gene in cattle. Five novel SNPs were found in 644 cattle. The results found that SNP1, SNP2, and SNP3 and the combined genotypes SNP1–SNP3, SNP1–SNP4 and SNP2–SNP5 were significantly associated with growth traits in Qinchuan and Jinnan cattle. These findings indicate that the bovine ATBF1 gene has marked effects on growth traits, and the growth-trait-related loci can be used as DNA markers for MAS breeding programs in cattle.
Zhixiong Li, Hongliang Wang, Ling Chen, Mengxing Zhai, Si Chen, Na Li, and Xiaolin Liu
Arch. Anim. Breed., 60, 199–204, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-199-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-199-2017, 2017
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Bovine mastitis, a prevalent and complex infectious disease, can result in significant dairy cattle losses. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play important roles in regulating innate and adaptive immune responses. The results in this paper show that the expression of miR-144-5p and miR-130b-5p in mastitis-infected mammary tissue was significantly downregulated and upregulated, respectively, compared to healthy tissue. Our findings may provide a method for the treatment of mastitis.
Guifen Liu, Hongbo Zhao, Xiuwen Tan, Haijian Cheng, Wei You, Fachun Wan, Yifan Liu, Enliang Song, and Xiaomu Liu
Arch. Anim. Breed., 60, 27–32, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-27-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-27-2017, 2017
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The main contribution of our paper is the identification of several SNPs of the SIRT1 gene in beef cattle and their relationships to carcass traits such as weight and meat percentage. We believe that this contribution is theoretically and practically relevant because beef cattle are bred to maximize carcass quality, but traits that lead to carcass quality are difficult to assess in vivo. We provide a method to select individuals for breeding based on genetic propensity for meat production.
Yunyun Jin, Hanfang Cai, Jiming Liu, Fengpeng Lin, Xinglei Qi, Yueyu Bai, Chuzhao Lei, Hong Chen, and Xianyong Lan
Arch. Anim. Breed., 59, 469–476, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-469-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-469-2016, 2016
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Paired box 7 (Pax7) gene, a member of the paired box gene family, plays a critical role in animal growth and muscle development, especially in cell proliferation and self-renewal. In our study, the 10 bp duplication indel was detected in the promoter region within bovine Pax7 gene as well as its association with growth traits. This indel was significantly associated with the body weight in Xianan cattle, the body height in Jinjiang cattle, and the hip width in Pi'nan cattle.
Pengcheng Guo, Zhihui Zhao, Shouqing Yan, Junya Li, Hang Xiao, Dongxue Yang, Yaolu Zhao, Ping Jiang, and Runjun Yang
Arch. Anim. Breed., 59, 461–468, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-461-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-461-2016, 2016
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Prosaposin (PSAP) is involved in muscle development and as a candidate gene in economic traits of cattle. Six novel SNPs of PSAP were identified and 47 traits in beef cattle measured. Association analysis revealed I10-65G > A, I10-162C > T, and E11-93C > G were significantly associated with carcass composition traits. Individuals with GCCCGC and ACCTCC haplotypes showed higher dressed weight, backfat thickness, and rib eye area, thus suggesting a genetic influence on cattle carcass composition.
Meng Zhang, Chuanying Pan, Qin Lin, Shenrong Hu, Ruihua Dang, Chuzhao Lei, Hong Chen, and Xianyong Lan
Arch. Anim. Breed., 59, 351–361, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-351-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-351-2016, 2016
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Nanog is an important pluripotent transcription regulator, and its overexpression leads to a high expression of the growth and differentiation factor 3, affecting animal growth traits. The aim of this study was to explore the genetic variations within the Nanog gene and their effects on phenotypic traits in cattle. Six novel exonic single nucleotide polymorphisms were found in six cattle breeds and indicated that Nanog could be a candidate gene for marker-assisted selection in cattle breeding.
Tao Shi, Wenwen Peng, Jianyu Yan, Hanfang Cai, Xianyong Lan, Chuzhao Lei, Yueyu Bai, and Hong Chen
Arch. Anim. Breed., 59, 151–157, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-151-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-151-2016, 2016
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SMAD3 plays essential roles in myogenesis and osteogenesis and may relate to the regulation of body weight. In this study, a 17 bp indel in intron3 of the SMAD3 gene was detected in four Chinese cattle breeds (Qinchuan, Jiaxian, Nanyang and Caoyuan) by using DNA pool sequencing, and it was significantly associated with gene expression and growth traits of Qinchuan and Caoyuan cattle. This indel could be could be a promising marker for beef cattle breeding.
H. Cai, Z. Wang, X. Lan, Y. Xu, H. Chen, and C. Lei
Arch. Anim. Breed., 59, 91–95, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-91-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-59-91-2016, 2016
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In this research, the effects of two indel loci of the visfatin gene on mRNA expression levels were studied. The results imply that the expression levels of bovine visfatin vary with age and its indels might be putative variants mediating the expression of the bovine visfatin gene. This study provides useful information for further functional studies of bovine visfatin.
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Short summary
An extensive genetic evaluation of cattle fattening performance was performed in this study. Fifteen SNPs in the LEP, FABP4, DGAT1, TG, IGF1, IGF1R, MYF5, LGB, CAPN1, CAST, GHR, and OLR1 genes were evaluated in 296 purebred Holstein–Friesian bulls using PCR-RFLP. This study clearly demonstrated that individual or combined effects of the genotypes at the selected genes may be effective on performance traits at different periods of animal growth and fattening.
An extensive genetic evaluation of cattle fattening performance was performed in this study....
