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Characterization of Copy Number Variation's Potential Role in Marek's Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18051020. [PMID: 28486430 PMCID: PMC5454933 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18051020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2017] [Revised: 04/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Marek’s Disease (MD) is a highly contagious pathogenic and oncogenic disease primarily affecting chickens. Chicken Lines 63 and 72, as well as their recombinant congenic strains (RCS) with varied susceptibility to MD, are ideal models to study the complex mechanisms of genetic resistance to MD. In this study, we investigated copy number variation (CNV) in these inbred chicken lines using the Affymetrix Axiom HD 600 K SNP genotyping array. We detected 393 CNV segments across all ten chicken lines, of which 12 CNVs were specifically identified in Line 72. We then assessed genetic structure based on CNV and observed markedly different patterns. Finally, we validated two deletion events in Line 72 and correlated them with genes expression using qPCR and RNA-seq, respectively. Our combined results indicated that these two CNV deletions were likely to contribute to MD susceptibility.
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Rutherford K, Meehan CJ, Langille MGI, Tyack SG, McKay JC, McLean NL, Benkel K, Beiko RG, Benkel B. Discovery of an expanded set of avian leukosis subgroup E proviruses in chickens using Vermillion, a novel sequence capture and analysis pipeline [corrected]. Poult Sci 2016; 95:2250-8. [PMID: 27354549 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pew194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs), such as endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), are common in the genomes of vertebrates. ERVs result from retroviral infections of germ-line cells, and once integrated into host DNA they become part of the host's heritable genetic material. ERVs have been ascribed positive effects on host physiology such as the generation of novel, adaptive genetic variation and resistance to infection, as well as negative effects as agents of tumorigenesis and disease. The avian leukosis virus subgroup E family (ALVE) of endogenous viruses of chickens has been used as a model system for studying the effects of ERVs on host physiology, and approximately 30 distinct ALVE proviruses have been described in the Gallus gallus genome. In this report we describe the development of a software tool, which we call Vermillion, and the use of this tool in combination with targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) to increase the number of known proviruses belonging to the ALVE family of ERVs in the chicken genome by 4-fold, including expanding the number of known ALVE elements on chromosome 1 (Gga1) from the current 9 to a total of 40. Although we focused on the discovery of ALVE elements in chickens, with appropriate selection of target sequences Vermillion can be used to develop profiles of other families of ERVs and TEs in chickens as well as in species other than the chicken.
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- K Rutherford
- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Computer Science, 6050 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4R2
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- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Computer Science, 6050 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4R2 Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Antwerp 2000, Belgium
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- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Computer Science, 6050 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4R2 Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, 5850 College St, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4R2
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- EW GROUP, 1 Hogenboegen, Visbek, Germany
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- EW GROUP, 1 Hogenboegen, Visbek, Germany
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- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Box 550, Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
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- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Box 550, Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
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- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Computer Science, 6050 University Avenue, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4R2
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- Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Box 550, Truro, NS, B2N 5E3
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Polymorphism of avian leukosis virus subgroup E loci showing selective footprints in chicken. Biochem Genet 2014; 52:524-37. [PMID: 25007752 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-014-9664-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Avian leukosis virus subgroup E (ALVE) is a family of endogenous retroviruses in the chicken genome. To investigate the genetic consequences of chicken domestication, we analyzed 18 ALVE loci in red jungle fowls, layers, broilers, and Chinese indigenous chickens. None of the ALVE loci tested were found in red jungle fowls, but 12 were present in domestic chickens. ALVE1 and ALVE16 are found in regions of the genome that harbor quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting egg production traits. ALVE1 was fixed and ALVE16 was detected only in layers. By contrast, ALVE-b1, ALVE-b5, ALVE-b6, and ALVE-b8 integrated into regions of the genome that harbor QTL affecting meat production traits. Carrier frequencies of these four ALVE loci were high in broilers and low in Chinese local chickens; the loci were not found in the layers. This study demonstrated that insertionally polymorphic ALVE loci can illustrate the selective footprints in the chicken genome.
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Rutherford K, McLean N, Benkel BF. A rapid profiling assay for avian leukosis virus subgroup E proviruses in chickens. Avian Dis 2014; 58:34-8. [PMID: 24758110 DOI: 10.1637/10595-061813-reg.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Endogenous retroviral elements (ERVs) are prolific components of the genomes of complex species, typically occupying more sequence space than do essential, protein-encoding genes. Much of what we know today about the structure and function, as well as the evolution and pathogenic potential, of ERVs was fleshed out over several decades during the last century using the avian leukosis virus subgroup E-related (ALVE) family of endogenous retroviruses of chickens as a model system. A critical enabling factor in the elucidation of ALVE structure and function is the ability to detect and unambiguously identify specific ALVE proviral elements and to develop accurate element profiles for individual chickens under study. Currently, the most common approach for ALVE locus detection involves element-specific PCR assays carried out using primers that target host DNA near the insertion site of the provirus (i.e., the upstream and downstream flanks of the unoccupied site). Here we describe a new approach for proviral detection that exploits restriction enzyme sites in flanking DNA to develop ALVE element profiles more rapidly than with assays currently in use. Moreover, unlike element-specific PCR tests, the "profiling" assay detects novel ALVEs for which insertion sites have not yet been identified as well as previously characterized elements.
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Rutherford K, Benkel BF. Characterization of insertion sites and development of locus-specific assays for three broiler-derived subgroup E avian leukosis virus proviruses. Avian Pathol 2013; 42:373-8. [PMID: 23796057 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2013.809694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This report deals with the identification of novel elements belonging to a family of endogenous retroviruses, designated endogenous avian leukosis virus-type proviral elements (ALVE), that reside in the genome of the chicken and are closely related to exogenous avian leukosis viruses. The study of ALVE elements in the chicken genome serves as a model system for understanding the interplay between endogenous viruses and their vertebrate hosts in general, including humans. In this report, we characterize the insertion sites and describe locus-specific, diagnostic polymerase chain reaction-based assays for three previously discovered, but as yet not localized, ALVE elements. In addition, we assess the proviral integrity, provide the complete element sequence and examine the genomic environs of the three broiler-derived elements.
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- Katherine Rutherford
- Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Urbani N, Hartmann W, Kuhnlein U, Zadworny D, Heil G. Incidence of endogenous viral genes in Leghorn strains of different origin, each with sublines of a different genotype for resistance to avian leukosis virus infection. J Anim Breed Genet 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.1995.tb00581.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Robb EA, Gitter CL, Cheng HH, Delany ME. Chromosomal mapping and candidate gene discovery of chicken developmental mutants and genome-wide variation analysis of MHC congenics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 102:141-56. [PMID: 21273214 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esq122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The chicken has been widely used in experimental research given its importance to agriculture and its utility as a model for vertebrate biology and biomedical pursuits for over 100 years. Herein we used advanced technologies to investigate the genomic characteristics of specialized chicken congenic genetic resources developed on a highly inbred background. An Illumina 3K chicken single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array was utilized to study variation within and among major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-congenic lines as well as investigate line-specific genomic diversity, inbreeding coefficients, and MHC B haplotype-specific GGA 16 SNP profiles. We also investigated developmental mutant-congenic lines to map a number of single-gene mutations using both the Illumina 3K array and a recently developed Illumina 60K chicken SNP array. In addition to identifying the chromosomes and specific subregions, the mapping results affirmed prior analyses indicating recessive or dominant and autosomal or sex chromosome modes of inheritance. Priority candidate genes are described for each mutation based on association with similar phenotypes in other vertebrates. These single-gene mutations provide a means of studying amniote development and in particular serve as invaluable biomedical models for similar malformations found in human.
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- Elizabeth A Robb
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Smith A, Benkel BF. Novel avian leukosis virus-related endogenous proviruses from layer chickens: characterization and development of locus-specific assays. Poult Sci 2009; 88:1580-5. [PMID: 19590071 DOI: 10.3382/ps.2009-00148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During the course of evolution, vertebrate genomes have been invaded and colonized by retroviruses. In humans, for example, endogenous retroviruses (long terminal repeat elements) occupy roughly twice as much sequence space as essential genes. There are numerous reports in the literature implicating endogenous proviruses in the modulation of host physiology. The fact that many of these host-virus interactions take place in a proviral locus-specific manner speaks to the need for rapid assays for element profiling. This report deals with the identification of novel elements belonging to a family of endogenous retroviruses, designated ALVE, that reside in the genome of the chicken and that are closely related to exogenous avian leukosis viruses. The study of ALVE elements in the chicken genome serves as a model system for understanding the interplay between endogenous viruses and their vertebrate hosts in general, including humans. In this report, we present locus-specific, diagnostic PCR-based assays for 2 novel ALVE elements. In addition, we characterize the proviral structures and examine the genomic environments of both novel elements along with a previously described element known as ALVE-NSAC-3.
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- A Smith
- Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Department of Plant and Animal Sciences, Truro, Nova Scotia, B2N 5E3, Canada
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Ka S, Kerje S, Bornold L, Liljegren U, Siegel PB, Andersson L, Hallböök F. Proviral integrations and expression of endogenous avian leucosis virus during long term selection for high and low body weight in two chicken lines. Retrovirology 2009; 6:68. [PMID: 19604406 PMCID: PMC2717048 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-6-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2009] [Accepted: 07/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Long-term selection (> 45 generations) for low or high juvenile body weight from a common founder population of White Plymouth Rock chickens has generated two extremely divergent lines, the LWS and HWS lines. In addition to a > 9-fold difference between lines for the selected trait, large behavioural and metabolic differences between the two lines evolved during the course of the selection. We recently compared gene expression in brain tissue from birds representing these lines using a global cDNA array analysis and the results showed multiple but small expression differences in protein coding genes. The main differentially expressed transcripts were endogenous retroviral sequences identified as avian leucosis virus subgroup-E (ALVE). Results In this work we confirm the differential ALVE expression and analysed expression and number of proviral integrations in the two parental lines as well as in F9 individuals from an advanced intercross of the lines. Correlation analysis between expression, proviral integrations and body weight showed that high ALVE levels in the LWS line were inherited and that more ALVE integrations were detected in LWS than HWS birds. Conclusion We conclude that only a few of the integrations contribute to the high expression levels seen in the LWS line and that high ALVE expression was significantly correlated with lower body weights for the females but not males. The conserved correlation between high expression and low body weight in females after 9 generations of intercrosses, indicated that ALVE loci conferring high expression directly affects growth or are very closely linked to loci regulating growth.
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- Sojeong Ka
- Department of Neuroscience, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Bacon LD, Smith EJ, Fadly AM, Crittenden LB. Development of an alloantiserum (R2) that detects susceptibility of chickens to subgroup E endogenous avian leukosis virus. Avian Pathol 2009; 25:551-68. [PMID: 18645878 DOI: 10.1080/03079459608419161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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An alloantiserum, termed R2, specifically agglutinates red blood cells (RBC) from line 100B chickens that are susceptible to avian leukosis viruses (ALV) belonging to subgroups B and E, but does not agglutinate RBC from congenic inbred line 7(2) chickens that are resistant to ALV B and E. The R2 antigen was also detected on lymphocytes and thrombocytes. Using chickens from a special cross, it was found that R2 reactivity requires that the chickens must: (1) be susceptible to infection by ALV-E; and (2) express a viral envelope gene with subgroup E specificity. With R2 antiserum, a nearly perfect association was observed between agglutination and susceptibility to ALV-B in F2 chickens containing endogenous viral genes ev2 and/or ev3. These results support earlier evidence that ALV-B and ALV-E share receptors. Moreover, the R2 antiserum was shown to neutralize ALV-E. The R2 antigen showed Mendelian segregation in chickens of a commercial White Leghorn strain-cross containing ev3, ev6 and ev9. However, commercial chickens with or without the R2 antigen did not differ in susceptibility to lymphoid leukosis induction or immune response on infection with ALV of subgroup A for complex reasons we discuss.
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- L D Bacon
- US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Torkamanzehi A, Kuhnlein U. Restriction fragment length and single strand conformational polymorphisms in chicken mitochondrial phosphoenol-pyruate carboxykinase gene and its association with egg production. Pak J Biol Sci 2009; 10:4075-80. [PMID: 19090282 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.4075.4080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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This study analysed mitochondrial phosphoenol-pyruate carboxykinase (PEPCK-M) gene as a candidate QTL for egg production traits in chickens. Single Strand Conformational Polymorphism (SSCP) of a 300 bp DNA fragment, from exon 9 of samples from an egg laying North American commercial White Leghorn stock, revealed a total of 6 different single strand conformers, indicative of 3 alleles. Subsequent DNA sequencing found a total of 4 base changes in this fragment between these alleles (called A1, A2 and A3) when compared to the reference sequence published online. The A1 allele had one transition mutation of T to C at position 1700. The A2 allele had accumulated three transition mutations: T to C at position 1578, A to G at position 1647 and T to C at position 1650. Transition mutation of T to C at position 1578 of the A2 allele results in the loss of an AccI site, hence, producing a de novo RFLP. Analysis of 358 female individuals from this strain showed that the population is highly polymorphic at this site. The effect of PEPCK-M genotypes at this site, namely AccI -/-, AccI +/- and AccI +/+, was tested on three traits, age at first egg, egg production rate and egg number. Least square analysis showed that exon 9 RFLP significantly affects age at first egg (p < 0.05). Egg production rate and egg number traits were not affected by different genotypes at this position. The data also indicates an over-dominance effect for the associated trait.
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Gavora JS, Spencer JL, Benkel B, Gagnon C, Emsley A, Kulenkamp A. Endogenous viral genes influence infection with avian leukosis virus. Avian Pathol 2007; 24:653-64. [DOI: 10.1080/03079459508419105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- L D Bacon
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, 3606 East Mount Hope Road, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
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Detection of chitin synthase class I and II type sequences in six different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and gene expression in Glomus intraradices. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1017/s0953756201003811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Benkel BF. Locus-specific diagnostic tests for endogenous avian leukosis-type viral loci in chickens. Poult Sci 1998; 77:1027-35. [PMID: 9657616 DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.7.1027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The genome of the chicken, Gallus gallus, contains endogenous proviral elements (ALVE elements or ev genes) that display a high degree of similarity to the Avian Leukosis class of retroviruses. The ALVE proviruses are known to modulate physiological processes of the host birds. Different ALVE elements retain variable portions of the complete, prototype viral genome, and each provirus resides in its own specific location within the host genome. Thus, each ALVE element has its own particular potential to modulate host physiology depending on the nature of its integration site, the completeness of the proviral genome, and the level of expression of the locus. It is important, therefore, to be able to establish the ALVE element profiles of chickens quickly and accurately, both in the laboratory and in a commercial setting. The current method of choice for simple, quick, and accurate typing is the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This paper reviews the present status of PCR typing of ALVE proviruses and lists the assay protocols for 19 different elements. In addition, it compares the insertion sites of these elements in an effort to identify common motifs at ALVE integration sites.
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- B F Benkel
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Centre for Food and Animal Research, Ottawa, Ontario.
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Gorbovitskaia M, Coville JL, Tixier-Boichard M. Molecular characterization of endogenous viral genes of the avian leukosis virus family in an experimental population of brown-egg layers. Poult Sci 1998; 77:605-14. [PMID: 9565246 DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.4.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Retroviral DNA sequences similar to the exogenous avian leukosis virus can be found in the genome of many chicken breeds and have been identified as the ALVE family of endogenous viral (ev) genes. Most of them have been described by a restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) procedure with two restriction enzymes and a full length viral probe. In order to facilitate the comparison of ALVE genes between strains, the nomenclature workshop held at the XXIV International Society for Animal Genetics Congress recommended that four enzymes and several viral subprobes be used to characterize each locus. This approach has been followed in the present study of a Rhode Island Red experimental population. A previous study had identified ev genes with the SacI and BamHI enzymes and the Rous-associated virus-2 probe (RAV-2). Chickens carrying only one ALVE locus at a time have been produced to facilitate the analysis. Additional enzymes (EcoRI, HindIII, and KpnI), the full probe RAV-2 and three viral subprobes for the gag, pol, and LTR regions have been used. In addition, a PCR diagnostic test has been used to search for homologies with the ALVE1 (= ev1), ALVE6 (= ev6) and evA loci. Currently, 12 loci have been identified precisely: three were identical to ALVE loci described previously, either in White Leghorns, ALVE6 and ALVE18 (= ev18) or in broilers (evB8). In addition, the evB8 locus was found to be identical to the evA locus previously described in brown-egg layers. Nine loci appeared specific to this Rhode Island Red population. Four of these specific loci were complete and one of them could be considered of characteristic of this population, because of its very high frequency. The remaining five specific loci showed small deletions, either in the pol region for one of them or in the env region for three of them or at the 3' long terminal repeat for one of them. Altogether, 5 out of 12 loci were structurally complete, which could suggest that deleted proviruses may have been preferentially retained.
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- M Gorbovitskaia
- Laboratoire de Génétique Factorielle, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Aggrey SE, Kuhnlein U, Gavora JS, Zadworny D. Association of endogenous viral genes with quantitative traits in chickens selected for high egg production and susceptibility or resistance to Marek's disease. Br Poult Sci 1998; 39:39-41. [PMID: 9568296 DOI: 10.1080/00071669889367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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1. The association of endogenous viral (ev) genes with quantitative traits in 2 genetically distinct sets of White Leghorn strains were investigated. Strain S had been selected for susceptibility to Marek's disease (MD) whereas strain K had been selected for resistance to MD and high egg production and egg weight. 2. In all, 8 ev genes were typed. Ev10, ev19 and 'newB' occurred exclusively in strain S, 'newA' occurred only in strain K, and ev1, ev3, ev6 and ev8 occurred in both strains. 3. Whereas ev6 and ev8 were associated with reduction in egg production rate in strain S, in strain K, the presence of ev3 was associated with increased group specific antigen. 4. The genetic background of the chicken strain may play a role in the way certain ev genes affect traits. 5. It was thought that the position of ev genes on the chromosome may be important and their association with traits of economic importance make them potential genetic markers for uncovering quantitative trait loci.
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- S E Aggrey
- Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
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Li S, Liu N, Zadworny D, Kuhnlein U. Genetic variability in white leghorns revealed by chicken liver expressed sequence tags. Poult Sci 1998; 77:134-9. [PMID: 9469763 DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.1.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A total of 92 expressed sequence tags from chicken liver (CLEST) were searched for homology with known genes. Among the CLEST, 29% had no sequence similarities with known genes, 34% showed sequence similarity to rRNA, 9% to mitochondrial genes, 23% to known nuclear genes, and 5% to human expressed sequence tags. Among the nuclear CLEST (excluding rRNA), clones with sequence similarity to aldolase B were represented four times, whereas all the other clones represented unique genes. The presence of MspI and TaqI restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) associated with CLEST were analyzed by bulk Southern blotting in 16 strains of White Leghorn chickens derived from five different genetic bases. No RFLP were observed with rRNA CLEST and a single MspI RFLP was observed with mitochondrial CLEST. The nuclear CLEST with sequence similarity to known nuclear genes were grouped into two classes on the basis of their involvement in intermediary metabolism. Among the nine genes coding for metabolic enzymes, all but one were polymorphic at MspI and/or TaqI sites in at least one of the strains, whereas among the other genes six of nine were polymorphic. The average frequency of clones revealing RFLP per cDNA clone and restriction enzyme for the two classes were 0.7 and 0.3, respectively. The analysis indicated that in White Leghorns, RFLP markers in the vicinity of nuclear CLEST are relatively frequent. Further, RFLP in the vicinity of genes coding for metabolic enzymes were significantly more frequent than near genes coding for other proteins.
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- S Li
- Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Québec, Canada
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Grunder AA, Benkel BF, Chambers JR, Sabour MP, Gavora JS. Characterization of eight endogenous viral (ev) genes of meat chickens in semi-congenic lines. Poult Sci 1995; 74:1506-14. [PMID: 7501595 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0741506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis was conducted for a set of eight different meat chicken-derived endogenous viral genes (ev genes) of the avian leukosis viral (ALV) family. Each viral element was first isolated into a separate single-element line by selective breeding. Genomic DNA from the founder male for each semi-congenic, single-element line was digested with each of four restriction enzymes, and the resulting Southern blots were each hybridized with up to four probes representing different portions of the ALV retroviral genome. Among the eight elements, there was one that represents the broiler equivalent of locus ev3 of White Leghorn chickens. A second broiler element showed a SacI-specific junction fragment similar to that of ev8. The remainder appeared to be different from any of the 21 ev genes previously described for White Leghorn chickens. Four of the eight elements examined were essentially complete, but the rest have sustained internal deletions.
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- A A Grunder
- Centre for Food and Animal Research, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Aarts HJ, Leenstra FR. Association of endogenous avian viral and endogenous viral genes with feed conversion and six-week body weight in broilers. Poult Sci 1995; 74:1022-8. [PMID: 7543996 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0741022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The consistency of the effect of selection on the frequencies of endogenous avian viral (eav) and endogenous viral (ev) specific restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) bands was studied in two broiler lines selected from a single base population and in an F2 population derived from a reciprocal cross of both lines. One broiler line (FC line) was selected for low feed conversion ratio and the other line (GL line) was selected for high 6-wk body weight. In the F2 population, the band frequencies were determined in groups representing separate tails of the distribution of two production traits, namely, low feed conversion ratio between 29 and 42 d of age and body weight at 42 d of age. The F2 population consisted of 288 females belonging to 24 full-sib families. To rule out family effects, the tails for these production traits were composed by either the best or by the worst female performer for each trait in each full-sib family. In total, 29 HindIII-eav, 34 MspI-eav, and 21 BamHI-ev bands could be distinguished by RFLP analysis. This report describes the influence of selection on 11 potentially interesting bands. Two bands, the 9.5-kb HindIII-eav and the 15-kb MspI-eav band, which were found both in higher frequencies in the parental FC line, were also found in higher (P < or = .05) frequencies in the F2 tail with a favorable feed conversion ratio. A third band, the 6.5-kb HindIII-eav band, present in lower frequencies in the parental GL line, was also present in lower (P < or = .05) frequencies in the F2 tail of birds with heavy body weight.
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- H J Aarts
- DLO-Institute for Animal Science and Health, Beekbergen, The Netherlands
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Iraqi F, Darvas A, Zeitlin G, Beckmann J, Soller M. Nonlinear effects of chicken endogenous viruses on body weight may be responsible for maintaining these elements in a stable genetic polymorphism. Poult Sci 1994; 73:1625-32. [PMID: 7862601 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0731625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The effects of presence or absence of individual endogenous virus (ev) genes on production traits was studied in a highly productive commercial layer cross. Age and BW at first egg, egg production, egg weight, and mature BW were recorded for each bird. The birds were examined for presence of ev gene fragments by Southern analysis. A general linear model was used to determine significance of effects of the 21 individual ev fragments on the individual traits and the effects of all ev fragments taken together on each of the traits. Seven significant effects were found for individual ev fragments on individual traits. Four of these involved BW at first egg, and all ev gene fragments taken together had a significant effect on BW at first egg, explaining 17% of total phenotypic variation in this trait. Significant nonlinear correlations were found between total number of ev genes and both BW at first egg and mature BW, with birds having a moderate number of ev genes showing the lowest BW. For age at first egg and egg weight, nonlinear correlations, although not significant, were consistent in sign with those found for BW, implying minimum trait magnitude at moderate number of ev genes. These effects imply that animals with intermediate numbers of ev genes will tend to be favored by commercial selection in layer flocks, whereas birds with either too many or too few ev genes will tend to be culled.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- F Iraqi
- Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Smith EJ, Nelsen TC. Effect of tumor virus susceptibility alleles on the late-feathering gene K on early growth of White Leghorns. Poult Sci 1993; 72:1400-4. [PMID: 8378214 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0721400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The influence of tumor virus susceptibility (tvb) alleles and the sex-linked, late-feathering-endogenous virus 21 complex (K-ev21) on early growth was observed in progeny from late-feathering (LF) and early-feathering (EF) dams. At 2, 4, 6 and 10 wk of age, homozygous (K/K) males that carried a dominant tvbs1 allele were significantly (P < .05) lighter in total body weight than K/K homozygous endogenous virus (EV) EV21-resistant (tvbr/tvbr) hatchmates. Among heterozygous (K/k+) males, tvbs1 did not significantly influence growth when compared with tvbr/tvbr hatchmates. At 10 wk of age, tvbs1-positive K/w female progeny from LF dams were also significantly lighter than tvbr/tvbr K/w hatchmates. However, among progeny from EF dams no significant within sex differences in body weight were found regardless of their feather or EV susceptibility phenotype. Results indicate that susceptibility to EV21 infection is particularly detrimental to early growth of ev21-K homozygous male and hemizygous female progeny of LF dams.
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- E J Smith
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, East Lansing, Michigan 48823
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DNA fingerprinting and the problems of paternity determination in an inbred captive population of guinea baboons (Papio hamadryas papio). Primates 1993. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02382636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kuhnlein U, Fairfull RW, Gowe R, Kulenkamp A, Mou L, Zadworny D. Synergism between the endogenous viral loci ev6 and ev9 in inducing immunological tolerance to avian leukosis virus. Br Poult Sci 1993; 34:93-104. [PMID: 8385543 DOI: 10.1080/00071669308417565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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1. The course of infection by exogenous avian leukosis virus was followed in a commercial strain of White Leghorn domestic fowls by measuring viral antigen in feather pulp and egg albumin. Ten days after hatching, 2 out of 360 birds tested positive and at 286 days of age about 60% of the birds had been antigen positive at least once. 2. Among the antigen positive birds, two groups could be distinguished: those which permanently and those which transiently expressed viral antigen. Permanent antigen expression was associated with low antibody titres, while transient antigen expression was associated with high antibody titres. 3. The strain segregated for the two endogenous viral genes ev6 and ev9, both of which express endogenous viral envelope protein, and have been implicated in affecting immune-responsiveness. The antibody titre in individuals positive for both ev6 and ev9, was significantly lower than in those which had none or only one of the two ev-genes. In addition, individuals positive for both ev-genes occurred more frequently in the group permanently positive for viral antigen than in the group transiently antigen positive. 4. The results indicate that there was a strong synergism between ev6 and ev9 in reducing the antibody response to exogenous avian leukosis virus infection, perhaps by inducing immune tolerance or interfering with antibody formation.
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- U Kuhnlein
- Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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Silversides FG, Tixier-Boichard M, Durand L, Mérat P. Research note: the S(al)-c mutation in the chicken is not linked to Rous-associated virus-2 related DNA sequences. Poult Sci 1993; 72:368-72. [PMID: 8382818 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0720368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A male chicken heterozygous for a gene for sex-linked imperfect albinism (s(al)-c) was used to produce offspring in five dam families. The DNA from 23 offspring (22 females and 1 male) was cut with the restriction enzyme Sac1 and hybridized with a Rous-Associated Virus-2 probe to test for linkage between the gene and endogenous viral (ev) genes. In a second experiment, 15 albino and 15 nonalbino females resulting from 4 males mated to 11 females were studied with the enzymes Sac1 and BamHI. In the first experiment, 10 different ev genes were seen. These, plus seven additional bands were seen in the second experiment. The gene s(al)-c segregated independently of all ev genes, suggesting that it could be used for autosexing of chickens or in layer flocks without causing inherent problems previously associated with K, the gene for slow feathering, caused by essentially complete concordance between K and ev21.
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- F G Silversides
- Laboratoire de Génétique Factorielle, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Sabour MP, Chambers JR, Grunder AA, Kuhnlein U, Gavora JS. Endogenous viral gene distribution in populations of meat-type chickens. Poult Sci 1992; 71:1259-70. [PMID: 1326106 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0711259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The present study was designed to document the complexity of endogenous viral (ev) genes and seek evidence for their association with production traits in selected and control strains of meat-type chickens. Three populations were studied, each consisting of a control strain and one to three strains selected for various production traits. The ev genes were revealed by digesting genomic DNA with restriction enzymes and detecting DNA fragments on Southern blots using radioactive probes from nucleotide sequences of the avian leukosis virus genome. A total of 31 polymorphic ev loci were identified in these populations from a SacI digest, with an average of 7.3 ev genes per bird. There were no significant differences in ev genes per bird between strains within populations or between selected and control strains overall. Thirty of 62 comparisons in the three populations indicated ev gene frequency differences (P less than .05). Within populations, 13 of 93 comparisons of ev gene frequencies between control and selected strains and 8 of 62 between three selected strains of a sire population showed such differences (P less than .05). Selection for body weight and feed efficiency had been observed to reduce gene frequencies of the slow-feathering gene, which usually contains the ev21 locus; however, these effects were not detected (.05 less than P less than .06) between strains of the dam population in the current study. Such differences suggested possible associations between ev genes and production traits in meat-type chickens.
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- M P Sabour
- Centre for Food and Animal Research, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
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Lamont SJ, Chen Y, Aarts HJ, van der Hulst-van Arkel MC, Beuving G, Leenstra FR. Endogenous viral genes in thirteen highly inbred chicken lines and in lines selected for immune response traits. Poult Sci 1992; 71:530-8. [PMID: 1561219 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0710530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Thirteen highly inbred lines of chickens of Leghorn, Spanish, and Egyptian Fayoumi origin, four partly inbred Leghorn lines selected for MHC alleles and immune response to GAT (Ir-GAT), and two replicated, noninbred Leghorn lines divergently selected for multiple immune response traits were subjected to molecular genotyping for endogenous viral (ev) gene sequences. In all highly inbred lines of Leghorn origin, ev1 alone or both ev1 and ev2 were observed. The Spanish and Fayoumi lines had three and five ev genes, respectively, most of which were not readily identifiable with standard Leghorn ev gene loci. The Leghorn lines selected for MHC and Ir-GAT had ev1 fixed in the population. Differences in ev3 and ev5 gene frequency were associated with Ir-GAT in the B1 haplotype, but not in the B19 haplotype. In the noninbred lines, which were divergently selected for multiple traits of immune responsiveness, ev6 and ev9 differed in frequency between lines, and both were in lower frequency in the lines selected for high immunoresponsiveness. These two ev genes are the only ones known in White Leghorns that have the gs-chf+ phenotype [expressing chicken helper factor (chf) but not expressing group-specific antigen (gs)].
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- S J Lamont
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames 50011
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Smith EJ, Fadly AM, Levin I, Crittenden LB. The influence of ev6 on the immune response to avian leukosis virus infection in rapid-feathering progeny of slow- and rapid-feathering dams. Poult Sci 1991; 70:1673-8. [PMID: 1656418 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0701673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Endogenous virus (EV) locus ev6 encodes only virus envelope glycoprotein. The influence of ev6 on the immune response to contact infection with hatchmates infected with avian leukosis virus (ALV) was compared in replicate hatches. The ALV Subgroup E-resistant, rapid-feathering (RF) female chickens produced by slow-feathering (SF) and RF dams with and without ev6 were exposed at hatch to hatchmates infected with ALV Subgroup A (Strain RPL-40). The RPL-40 viremia, shedding, and virus neutralizing antibodies were measured among pullets from two hatches at 22 wk of age. Although significant (P less than .05) differences between hatches in the immune response to contact infection were noted among ev6+ pullets, significantly fewer ev6+ pullets seroconverted than their ev6- hatchmates. At 22 wk of age, significantly more lymphomas were also found among ev6+ pullets than among ev6- hatchmates. In flocks wherein both parents and progeny were homozygous resistant to Subgroup E virus, there was no deterimental maternal effect on RF progeny from SF dams that carried ev21. These results also confirm that selection for genetic cellular resistance to Subgroup E ALV infection eliminates congenital transmission of EV21.
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- E J Smith
- USDA, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, East Lansing, Michigan 48823
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Boulliou A, Le Pennec JP, Hubert G, Donal R, Smiley M. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of endogenous avian leukosis viral loci: determination of frequencies in commercial broiler lines. Poult Sci 1991; 70:1287-96. [PMID: 1679541 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0701287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Four component lines of a commercial broiler stock were analyzed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, for the presence of endogenous avian leukosis virus loci. The resulting RFLP patterns of endogenous virus (ev) loci for the four strains were further characterized in terms of number of loci per animal and frequency. Loci were also analyzed within limits for major structural alterations and deletions to discern whether certain loci were similar to previously identified loci in White Leghorn layer birds. The ev RFLP patterns for these broiler lines were found to be highly complex and contained many loci unreported in White Leghorn layer birds.
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- A Boulliou
- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, URA 256 CNRS, Université de Rennes, France
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Gavora JS, Kuhnlein U, Crittenden LB, Spencer JL, Sabour MP. Endogenous viral genes: association with reduced egg production rate and egg size in White Leghorns. Poult Sci 1991; 70:618-23. [PMID: 1646446 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0700618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Endogenous viral (ev) genes are DNA sequences residing permanently in the genome of most chickens that have a high degree of homology to avian leukosis viruses (ALV). Association of ev genes with production trait differences was studied in White Leghorns free of exogenous ALV. The Cornell Strain K and S chickens used in Experiment 1 had multiple ev genes. In each of four lines of chickens in Experiment 2, there was a 1:1 segregation of full-sibs free of ev genes and those carrying one ev gene: ev-12 that produces the complete endogenous virus, ev-3 or ev-6 that express certain viral antigens, or ev-1, a silent gene. In Experiment 1, the presence of genes ev-10 or ev-19, known to produce the complete virus, was associated with a 9% reduction in the annual egg production rate (P less than .05) in Strain S. Similarly, the presence of the virus-producing ev-12 in Experiment 2 was associated with an 8% reduction of annual egg production rate (P less than .05), a 2.2-g reduction in egg weight (P less than .01), and a .003 reduction in egg specific gravity (P less than .01). No significant effects of ev genes on age at first egg, Haugh unit score, percentage of eggs with blood spots, and body weight of hens were observed. It was concluded that ev genes producing complete endogenous virus are associated with production trait differences similar to those associated with subclinical infections with exogenous ALV.
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- J S Gavora
- Animal Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
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Kuhnlein U, Zadworny D, Gavora JS, Fairfull RW. Identification of markers associated with quantitative trait loci in chickens by DNA fingerprinting. EXS 1991; 58:274-82. [PMID: 1831159 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-7312-3_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Three approaches for identifying VNTR alleles associated with quantitative traits in chickens are described. One approach is based on the comparison of well-defined selected and non-selected control strains. The second approach is based on analyzing chickens within a breeding population ranked according to specific traits and the third approach involves segregation analysis. In this latter approach a large number of offspring of a single male segregating for a quantitative trait are produced and tested for trait association of the male DNA fingerprinting bands. In all cases pooled DNA samples of birds, rather than individual samples, are analyzed and band intensity is assumed to reflect the relative frequency of an allele. Examples from the literature and from our laboratory indicate that these methods permit the identification of DNA fingerprinting bands associated with quantitative traits. After developing locus-specific probes for these bands it should ultimately be possible to detect and map quantitative trait loci.
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- U Kuhnlein
- Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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Kuhnlein U, Sabour M, Gavora JS, Fairfull RW, Bernon DE. Influence of selection for egg production and Marek's disease resistance on the incidence of endogenous viral genes in White Leghorns. Poult Sci 1989; 68:1161-7. [PMID: 2554267 DOI: 10.3382/ps.0681161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The influence of selection on the frequencies of endogenous viral (ev) genes related to the avian leukosis virus was studied in two genetically distinct sets of White Leghorn strains. Each set consisted of four strains: an unselected control strain, two strains selected for egg production traits, and a strain selected for Marek's disease (MD) resistance as well as egg production traits. Eight different ev genes were observed in Set I and seven in Set II, four being common to both sets. Selection for egg production traits resulted in significant changes of the frequency of four ev genes in both sets. In Set I, increased frequencies were observed for ev-4, ev-7, and ev-8; a decreased frequency for ev-9 was observed. The ev-9 gene expresses the viral envelope protein, whereas the others are transcriptionally silent, with the possible exception of ev-7. In Set II, increased frequencies were observed for the transcriptionally silent ev-8 and for ev-15, a gene which consists of a solitary long terminal repeat. Decreased frequencies were observed for ev-18, which codes for infectious endogenous virus, and for a second ev gene of unknown phenotype. In the resistance-selected strains the frequencies of the ev genes were intermediate between those of the control strains and the strains selected for egg production traits with the exception of ev-6, which expresses the viral envelope protein, and ev-3, which expresses internal viral proteins as well as the envelope protein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- U Kuhnlein
- Department of Animal Science, Macdonald College of McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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