The LCORL Locus is under Selection in Large-Sized Pakistani Goat Breeds.

Saif, Rashid; Henkel, Jan; Jagannathan, Vidya; Drögemüller, Cord; Flury, Christine; Leeb, Tosso (2020). The LCORL Locus is under Selection in Large-Sized Pakistani Goat Breeds. Genes, 11(2) MDPI 10.3390/genes11020168

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Goat domestication and human selection for valued traits have formed diverse breeds with characteristic phenotypes. This process led to the fixation of causative genetic variants controlling breed-specific traits within regions of reduced genetic diversity-so-called "selection signatures". We previously reported an analysis of selection signatures based on pooled whole-genome sequencing data of 20 goat breeds and bezoar goats. In the present study, we reanalyzed the data and focused on a subset of eight Pakistani goat breeds (Angora, Barbari, Beetal, Dera Din Panah, Kamori, Nachi, Pahari, Teddy). We identified 749 selection signatures based on reduced heterozygosity in these breeds. A search for signatures that are shared across large-sized goat breeds revealed that five medium-to-large-sized Pakistani goat breeds had a common selection signature on chromosome 6 in a region harboring the LCORL gene, which has been shown to modulate height or body size in several mammalian species. Fine-mapping of the region confirmed that all five goat breeds with the selection signature were nearly fixed for the same haplotype in a ~191 kb region spanning positions 37,747,447-37,938,449. From the pool sequencing data, we identified a frame-shifting single base insertion into an isoform-specific exon of LCORL as a potential candidate causal variant mediating the size-increasing effect. If this preliminary result can be confirmed in independent replication studies, genotyping of this variant might be used to improve breeding programs and the selection for stature in goats.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Institute of Genetics
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH)

Graduate School:

Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences (GCB)

UniBE Contributor:

Saif, Rashid, Henkel, Jan Wolfgang, Jagannathan, Vidya, Drögemüller, Cord, Leeb, Tosso

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
500 Science > 590 Animals (Zoology)
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

2073-4425

Publisher:

MDPI

Language:

English

Submitter:

Tosso Leeb

Date Deposited:

14 Feb 2020 09:32

Last Modified:

07 Aug 2024 15:45

Publisher DOI:

10.3390/genes11020168

PubMed ID:

32033434

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Capra hircus QTL animal breeding body size height meat production selection signature stature whole-genome sequence

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.140089

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/140089

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