Estimations of linkage disequilibrium, effective population size and ROH-based inbreeding coefficients in Spanish Churra sheep using imputed high-density SNP genotypes

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Chitneedi ◽  
J. J. Arranz ◽  
A. Suarez-Vega ◽  
E. García-Gámez ◽  
B. Gutiérrez-Gil
Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 577
Author(s):  
Huiwen Zhan ◽  
Saixian Zhang ◽  
Kaili Zhang ◽  
Xia Peng ◽  
Shengsong Xie ◽  
...  

Investigating the patterns of homozygosity, linkage disequilibrium, effective population size and inbreeding coefficients in livestock contributes to our understanding of the genetic diversity and evolutionary history. Here we used Illumina PorcineSNP50 Bead Chip to identify the runs of homozygosity (ROH) and estimate the linkage disequilibrium (LD) across the whole genome, and then predict the effective population size. In addition, we calculated the inbreeding coefficients based on ROH in 305 Piétrain pigs and compared its effect with the other two types of inbreeding coefficients obtained by different calculation methods. A total of 23,434 ROHs were detected, and the average length of ROH per individual was about 507.27 Mb. There was no regularity on how those runs of homozygosity distributed in genome. The comparisons of different categories suggested that the formation of long ROH was probably related with recent inbreeding events. Although the density of genes located in ROH core regions is lower than that in the other genomic regions, most of them are related with Piétrain commercial traits like meat qualities. Overall, the results provide insight into the way in which ROH is produced and the identified ROH core regions can be used to map the genes associated with commercial traits in domestic animals.


BMC Genetics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Prieur ◽  
Shannon M. Clarke ◽  
Luiz F. Brito ◽  
John C. McEwan ◽  
Michael A. Lee ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
L. Vostrý ◽  
Z. Čapková ◽  
J. Přibyl ◽  
B. Hofmanová ◽  
H. Vostrá Vydrová ◽  
...  

Abstract. In order to estimate effective population size, generation interval and the development of inbreeding coefficients (Fx) in three original breeds of cold-blooded horses kept in the Czech Republic: Silesian Noriker (SN), Noriker (N) and Czech-Moravian Belgian horse (CMB) all animals of the particular breeds born from 1990 to 2007 were analysed. The average values of generation interval between parents and their offspring were: 8.53 in SN, 8.88 in N and 8.56 in CMB. Average values of effective population size were estimated to be: 86.3 in SN, 162.3 in N and 104.4 in CMB. The average values of inbreeding coefficient were 3.13 % in SN stallions and 3.39 % in SN mares, in the N breed 1.76 % and 1.26 % and in the CMB breed 3.84 % and 3.26 % respectively. Overall averages of Fx were: 3.23 %, 1.51 % and 3.55 % for the breeds SN, N and CMB. The average value of inbreeding coefficient Fx increased by 1.22 % in SN, by 0.35 % in N and by 1.01 % in CMB, respectively. This may lead to a reduction in genetic variability. Reduction in genetic variability could be either controlled in cooperation with corresponding populations of cold-blooded breeds in other European countries or controlled by number of sires used in population


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