The effect of QTL-rich region polymorphisms identified by targeted DNA-seq on pig production traits

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyse the effect of PLCD4, PECR, FN1 and PNKD mutations on pig productive traits and tested the usefulness of targeted enrichment DNA sequencing method as tool for preselection of genetic markers. The potential genetic markers for pig productive traits were identified by using targeted enrichment DNA sequencing of chromosome 15 region that is QTL-rich. The selected mutations were genotyped by using HRM, Sanger sequencing and PCR-ACRS methods. The association study was performed by using GLM model in SAS program and included over 500 pigs of 5 populations maintained in Poland. The variation (C/T) of PLCD4 gene affected feed conversion, intramuscular fat and water exudation. The PNKD mutations were associated with texture parameters measured after cooking. In turn, the variation rs792423408 (C/T) in the FN1 gene influenced toughness measured in semimembranosus muscle and growth traits that was observed particularly in Duroc breed. Summarizing, the investigated gene variants delivered valuable information that could be used during developing SNP microarray for genomic estimated breeding value procedure in pigs. Moreover, the study showed that the TEDNA-seq method could be used to preselect the molecular markers associated with pig traits. However, the further association study that included large number animal populations is necessary.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1007/s11033-018-4170-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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