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Genomic measures of inbreeding coefficients and genome-wide scan for runs of homozygosity islands in Iranian river buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Consecutive homozygous fragments of a genome inherited by offspring from a common ancestor are known as runs of homozygosity (ROH). ROH can be used to calculate genomic inbreeding and to identify genomic regions that are potentially under historical selection pressure. The dataset of our study consisted of 254 Azeri (AZ) and 115 Khuzestani (KHZ) river buffalo genotyped for ~?65,000 SNPs for the following two purposes: 1) to estimate and compare inbreeding calculated using ROH (F_ROH), excess of homozygosity (F_HOM), correlation between uniting gametes (F_UNI), and diagonal elements of the genomic relationship matrix (F_GRM); 2) to identify frequently occurring ROH (i.e. ROH islands) for our selection signature and gene enrichment studies.

Results

In this study, 9102 ROH were identified, with an average number of 21.2?±?13.1 and 33.2?±?15.9 segments per animal in AZ and KHZ breeds, respectively. On average in AZ, 4.35% (108.8?±?120.3?Mb), and in KHZ, 5.96% (149.1?±?107.7?Mb) of the genome was autozygous. The estimated inbreeding values based on F_HOM, F_UNI and F_GRM were higher in AZ than they were in KHZ, which was in contrast to the F_ROH estimates. We identified 11 ROH islands (four in AZ and seven in KHZ). In the KHZ breed, the genes located in ROH islands were enriched for multiple Gene Ontology (GO) terms (P ? 0.05). The genes located in ROH islands were associated with diverse biological functions and traits such as body size and muscle development (BMP2), immune response (CYP27B1), milk production and components (MARS, ADRA1A, and KCTD16), coat colour and pigmentation (PMEL and MYO1A), reproductive traits (INHBC, INHBE, STAT6 and PCNA), and bone development (SUOX).

Conclusion

The calculated F_ROH was in line with expected higher inbreeding in KHZ than in AZ because of the smaller effective population size of KHZ. Thus, we find that F_ROH can be used as a robust estimate of genomic inbreeding. Further, the majority of ROH peaks were overlapped with or in close proximity to the previously reported genomic regions with signatures of selection. This tells us that it is likely that the genes in the ROH islands have been subject to artificial or natural selection.

SUBMITTER: Ghoreishifar SM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011551 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genomic measures of inbreeding coefficients and genome-wide scan for runs of homozygosity islands in Iranian river buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

Ghoreishifar Seyed Mohammad SM Moradi-Shahrbabak Hossein H Fallahi Mohammad Hossein MH Jalil Sarghale Ali A Moradi-Shahrbabak Mohammad M Abdollahi-Arpanahi Rostam R Khansefid Majid M

BMC genetics 20200210 1

<h4>Background</h4>Consecutive homozygous fragments of a genome inherited by offspring from a common ancestor are known as runs of homozygosity (ROH). ROH can be used to calculate genomic inbreeding and to identify genomic regions that are potentially under historical selection pressure. The dataset of our study consisted of 254 Azeri (AZ) and 115 Khuzestani (KHZ) river buffalo genotyped for ~ 65,000 SNPs for the following two purposes: 1) to estimate and compare inbreeding calculated using ROH ...[more]

PMID: 32041535

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Genomic measures of inbreeding coefficients and genome-wide scan for runs of homozygosity islands in Iranian river buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

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