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Association between melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene haplotypes and carcass and production traits in Italian Large White pigs evaluated with a selective genotyping approach

Authors :
Daniela Giovanna Calo
Emilio Scotti
Luca Buttazzoni
Luca Fontanesi
Giuliano Galimberti
Vincenzo Russo
Fontanesi L.
Buttazzoni L.
Galimberti G.
Calò D.G.
Scotti E.
Russo V.
Source :
Livestock Science. 157:48-56
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2013.

Abstract

Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) plays a key role in controlling energy homeostasis. Several studies have already reported effects on production traits of polymorphisms identified in the porcine MC4R gene. In this study we analysed data on 6 MC4R polymorphisms (c.-780C>G; c.-135C>T; c.175C>T; c.707G>A or p.Arg236His; and c.892G>A or p.Asp298Asn; c.*430A>T) genotyped from (1) two groups of Italian Large White pigs (280+280 animals) with extreme estimated breeding values (EBVs) for back fat thickness (BFT), selected among a performance tested population of about 12,000 pigs, and from (2) 19 Italian Duroc pigs. Two haplotypes, differentiated by the c.892G>A, were identified in the Duroc populations. Four haplotypes were identified in the Italian Large White population, one of which (haplotype 4) was identified for the first time in this study. Single marker and haplotype association analyses for BFT were obtained by comparing allele and haplotype frequency differences from the two extreme tails using χ2 and Cochran-Armitage trend tests. Results confirmed the effects of the c.892G>A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on BFT, as also defined by different distributions in the two tails of haplotypes carrying the alternative nucleotides at this polymorphic site (P

Details

ISSN :
18711413
Volume :
157
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Livestock Science
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....e3d9bf1c7cdbf9a41620535549a5b90b