TY - JOUR
T1 - Detecting genetic regions associated with height in the native ponies of the British Isles by using high density SNP genotyping
AU - Skujina, I.
AU - Winton, C. L.
AU - Hegarty, M. J.
AU - McMahon, R.
AU - Nash, D. M.
AU - Davies-Morel, M. C. G.
AU - McEwan, N. R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Published by NRC Research Press.
PY - 2018/10
Y1 - 2018/10
N2 - Height is an important characteristic in the equine industry although little is known about its genetic control in native British breeds of ponies. This study aimed to map QTL data with the withers height in four pony breeds native to the British Isles, including two different sections within Welsh Cobs. In this study, a genome-wide analysis approach using the Illumina EquineSNP50 Infinium BeadChip was applied to 105 ponies and cobs. Analysis identified 222 highly significant height-associated SNPs (P ≤ 10
-5), among which three SNPs on ECA9 have also been previously reported elsewhere. The highest number of significant SNPs associated to height in the native British horses were located on ECA1, ECA8, and ECA16.
AB - Height is an important characteristic in the equine industry although little is known about its genetic control in native British breeds of ponies. This study aimed to map QTL data with the withers height in four pony breeds native to the British Isles, including two different sections within Welsh Cobs. In this study, a genome-wide analysis approach using the Illumina EquineSNP50 Infinium BeadChip was applied to 105 ponies and cobs. Analysis identified 222 highly significant height-associated SNPs (P ≤ 10
-5), among which three SNPs on ECA9 have also been previously reported elsewhere. The highest number of significant SNPs associated to height in the native British horses were located on ECA1, ECA8, and ECA16.
KW - Genome-wide association
KW - Height
KW - High density genotyping
KW - Horse
KW - Quantitative trait loci
KW - Single nucleotide polymorphisms
KW - Breeding
KW - Chromosome Mapping
KW - Biometry
KW - Horses/anatomy & histology
KW - Animals
KW - High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
KW - Whole Genome Sequencing/methods
KW - Genotyping Techniques/methods
KW - Chromosomes, Mammalian/genetics
KW - Quantitative Trait Loci
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U2 - 10.1139/gen-2018-0006
DO - 10.1139/gen-2018-0006
M3 - Article
C2 - 30184439
SN - 0831-2796
VL - 61
SP - 767
EP - 770
JO - Genome
JF - Genome
IS - 10
ER -