Bergfelder-Drüing, Sarah: Genome-wide association study for reproduction traits in maternal pig breeds. - Bonn, 2015. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/6264,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-41329,
author = {{Sarah Bergfelder-Drüing}},
title = {Genome-wide association study for reproduction traits in maternal pig breeds},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2015,
month = nov,

volume = 179,
note = {The number of piglets born alive (NBA) is one of the most important reproduction traits due to its influence on pig production efficiency. It was shown in several studies that NBA has an antagonistic relationship with later fattening performance of the pig. To clarify the genetic background of NBA and to detect possible pleiotropic effects with the production traits growth (ADG), lean meat percentage (LMP) and backfat (BF), Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) using estimated breeding values (EBVs) as phenotypes were performed. Therefore, 4,012 Large White (LW) and Landrace (LR) pigs from herdbook and commercial breeding companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland were genotyped with the Illumina PorcineSNP60 BeadChip.
The aims of the first study were a) to reveal genetic similarities and differences between LW and LR populations, b) to identify significant associated SNPs with NBA, and c) to clarify the biological relevance of these markers. Because of genetic distances between and within the two breeds, GWAS were performed within each breed and five further sub-clusters for each breed. In total, 17 significant markers affecting NBA were found in regions with known effects on female fertility. No overlapping significant chromosome areas or QTLs for both breeds were detected.
In the second step, GWAS was performed for NBA and production traits (LMP, ADG, BF) to identify possible pleiotropic effects. In a first approach univariate GWAS was performed and resulting SNP positions of all traits were compared. The second approach was based on a principal component analyses (PCA). All EBVs were condensed into representative, uncorrelated principal components (PCs) and used as new phenotype in multivariate GWAS. The relevance of each EBV within a PC was quantified by their corresponding loading. Using univariate method 79 SNPs were identified and only one SNP with potential pleiotropic effects were found. Using the multivariate approach, 98 significant SNPs with partly antagonistic relationships between reproduction and production traits were identified.
In conclusion, population specific SNPs with a significant influence on analyzed traits were identified. Only some of the SNPs were confirmed in direct sub-clusters. Multivariate approach resulted in a higher number of detected pleiotropic effects compared to univariate method. Due to genetic distances between the different populations and the lower number of significant SNPs when GWAS was performed in breeding organization overlapping data sets, a combination of different data sets would not be beneficial.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/6264}
}

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