Estimation of variance components for carcass traits in Japanese Black cattle using 50K SNP genotype data.
Estimation of variance components for carcass traits in Japanese Black cattle using 50K SNP genotype data.
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使用 50K SNP 基因型数据估计日本黑牛胴体性状的方差分量。
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2014
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Y. Sugimoto
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Toshio Watanabe;H. Matsuda;A. Arakawa;Takahisa Yamada;H. Iwaisaki;S. Nishimura;Y. Sugimoto
Genomic selection using high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotype data may accelerate genetic improvements in livestock animals. In this study, we attempted to estimate the variance components of six carcass traits in fattened Japanese Black steers using SNP genotype data. Six hundred and seventy-three steers were genotyped using an Illumina Bovine SNP50 BeadChip and phenotyped for cold carcass weight, ribeye area, rib thickness, subcutaneous fat thickness, estimated yield percent and marbling score. Additive polygenic variance and the variance attributable to a set of SNPs that had statistically significant effects on the trait were estimated via Gibbs sampling with two models: (i) a model with the chosen SNPs and the additive polygenic effects; and (ii) a model with the polygenic effects alone. The proportion of the estimated variance attributable to the SNPs became higher as the number of SNP effects that fit increased. High correlations between breeding values estimated with the model containing the polygenic effect alone and those estimated by chosen SNPs were obtained. No fraction of the total genetic variance was explained by SNPs associated with the trait at P ≥ 0.1. Our results suggest that for the carcass traits of Japanese Black cattle, a maximum of half of the total additive genetic variance may be explained by SNPs between 100 several tens to several 100s.