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Zoda A, Ogawa S, Kagawa R, Tsukahara H, Obinata R, Urakawa M, Oono Y. Single-Step Genomic Prediction of Superovulatory Response Traits in Japanese Black Donor Cows. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12050718. [PMID: 37237533 DOI: 10.3390/biology12050718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Revised: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
Abstract
We assessed the performance of single-step genomic prediction of breeding values for superovulatory response traits in Japanese Black donor cows. A total of 25,332 records of the total number of embryos and oocytes (TNE) and the number of good embryos (NGE) per flush for 1874 Japanese Black donor cows were collected during 2008 and 2022. Genotype information on 36,426 autosomal single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for 575 out of the 1,874 cows was used. Breeding values were predicted exploiting a two-trait repeatability animal model. Two genetic relationship matrices were used, one based on pedigree information (A matrix) and the other considering both pedigree and SNP marker genotype information (H matrix). Estimated heritabilities of TNE and NGE were 0.18 and 0.11, respectively, when using the H matrix, which were both slightly lower than when using the A matrix (0.26 for TNE and 0.16 for NGE). Estimated genetic correlations between the traits were 0.61 and 0.66 when using H and A matrices, respectively. When the variance components were the same in breeding value prediction, the mean reliability was greater when using the H matrix than when using the A matrix. This advantage seems more prominent for cows with low reliability when using the A matrix. The results imply that introducing single-step genomic prediction could boost the rate of genetic improvement of superovulatory response traits, but efforts should be made to maintain genetic diversity when performing selection.
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Affiliation(s)
- Atsushi Zoda
- Research and Development Group, Zen-noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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- Division of Meat Animal and Poultry Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba 305-0901, Japan
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- Research and Development Group, Zen-noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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- Research and Development Group, Zen-noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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- Research and Development Group, Zen-noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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- Research and Development Group, Zen-noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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- Research and Development Group, Zen-noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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Ogawa S, Zoda A, Kagawa R, Obinata R. Comparing Methods to Select Candidates for Re-Genotyping to Impute Higher-Density Genotype Data in a Japanese Black Cattle Population: A Case Study. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13040638. [PMID: 36830425 PMCID: PMC9951718 DOI: 10.3390/ani13040638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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As optimization methods to identify the best animals for dense genotyping to construct a reference population for genotype imputation, the MCA and MCG methods, which use the pedigree-based additive genetic relationship matrix (A matrix) and the genomic relationship matrix (G matrix), respectively, have been proposed. We assessed the performance of MCA and MCG methods using 575 Japanese Black cows. Pedigree data were provided to trace back up to five generations to construct the A matrix with changing the pedigree depth from 1 to 5 (five MCA methods). Genotype information on 36,426 single-nucleotide polymorphisms was used to calculate the G matrix based on VanRaden's methods 1 and 2 (two MCG methods). The MCG always selected one cow per iteration, while MCA sometimes selected multiple cows. The number of commonly selected cows between the MCA and MCG methods was generally lower than that between different MCA methods or between different MCG methods. For the studied population, MCG appeared to be more reasonable than MCA in selecting cows as a reference population for higher-density genotype imputation to perform genomic prediction and a genome-wide association study.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shinichiro Ogawa
- Division of Meat Animal and Poultry Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), Tsukuba 305-0901, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-29-838-8627
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- Research and Development Group, Zen-Noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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- Research and Development Group, Zen-Noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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- Research and Development Group, Zen-Noh Embryo Transfer Center, Kamishihoro 080-1407, Japan
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Ogawa S, Taniguchi Y, Watanabe T, Iwaisaki H. Fitting Genomic Prediction Models with Different Marker Effects among Prefectures to Carcass Traits in Japanese Black Cattle. Genes (Basel) 2022; 14:24. [PMID: 36672767 PMCID: PMC9859149 DOI: 10.3390/genes14010024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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We fitted statistical models, which assumed single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker effects differing across the fattened steers marketed into different prefectures, to the records for cold carcass weight (CW) and marbling score (MS) of 1036, 733, and 279 Japanese Black fattened steers marketed into Tottori, Hiroshima, and Hyogo prefectures in Japan, respectively. Genotype data on 33,059 SNPs was used. Five models that assume only common SNP effects to all the steers (model 1), common effects plus SNP effects differing between the steers marketed into Hyogo prefecture and others (model 2), only the SNP effects differing between Hyogo steers and others (model 3), common effects plus SNP effects specific to each prefecture (model 4), and only the effects specific to each prefecture (model 5) were exploited. For both traits, slightly lower values of residual variance than that of model 1 were estimated when fitting all other models. Estimated genetic correlation among the prefectures in models 2 and 4 ranged to 0.53 to 0.71, all <0.8. These results might support that the SNP effects differ among the prefectures to some degree, although we discussed the necessity of careful consideration to interpret the current results.
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- Shinichiro Ogawa
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Division of Meat Animal and Poultry Research, Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, Tsukuba 305-0901, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- National Livestock Breeding Center, Fukushima 961-8511, Japan
- Maebashi Institute of Animal Science, Livestock Improvement Association of Japan, Inc., Maebashi 371-0121, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
- Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University, Niigata 952-0103, Japan
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Ogawa S, Matsuda H, Taniguchi Y, Watanabe T, Sugimoto Y, Iwaisaki H. Estimation of the autosomal contribution to total additive genetic variability of carcass traits in Japanese Black cattle. Anim Sci J 2022; 93:e13710. [PMID: 35416392 DOI: 10.1111/asj.13710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We attempted to estimate the additive genetic variance explained by each autosome, using genotype data of 33,657 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in 2271 Japanese Black fattened steers. Traits were cold carcass weight, ribeye area, rib thickness, subcutaneous fat thickness, estimated yield percentage, and marbling score. Two mixed linear models were used: One is that (model 1) incorporating a genomic relationship matrix (G matrix) constructed by using all available SNPs, and another (model 2), incorporating two G matrices constructed by using the SNPs on one autosome and using those on the remaining autosomes. Genomic heritabilities estimated using model 1 were moderate to high. The sums of the proportions of the additive genetic variance explained by each autosome to the total genetic variance estimated by using model 2 were >90%. For carcass weight, the proportions explained by Bos taurus autosomes 6, 8, and 14 were higher than those explained by the remaining autosomes. In some cases, the estimated proportion was close to 0. The results obtained from model 2 could provide a novel insight into the genetic architecture, such as heritability per chromosome, of carcass traits in Japanese Black cattle, although further careful investigation would be required.
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Japan Livestock Technology Association, Tokyo, Japan
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Suezawa R, Nikadori H, Sasaki S. Genetic diversity and genomic inbreeding in Japanese Black cows in the islands of Okinawa Prefecture evaluated using single-nucleotide polymorphism array. Anim Sci J 2021; 92:e13525. [PMID: 33599382 DOI: 10.1111/asj.13525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Maintaining genetic diversity and inbreeding control are important in Japanese Black cattle production, especially in remote areas such as the islands of Okinawa Prefecture. Using a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array, we evaluated the genetic diversity and genomic inbreeding in Japanese Black cows from the islands of Okinawa Prefecture and compared them to those from other locations across Japan. Linkage disequilibrium decay was slower in cows in the islands of Okinawa Prefecture. The estimated effective population size declined over time in both populations. The genomic inbreeding coefficient (FROH ) was estimated using long stretches of consecutive homozygous SNPs (runs of homozygosity; ROH). FROH was higher in the cows on the islands of Okinawa Prefecture than on other locations. In total, 818 ROH fragments, including those containing NCAPG and PLAG1, which are major quantitative trait loci for carcass weight in Japanese Black cattle, were present at significantly higher frequencies in cows in the islands of Okinawa Prefecture. This suggests that the ROH fragments are under strong selection and that cows in the islands of Okinawa Prefecture have low genetic diversity and high genomic inbreeding relative to those at other locations. SNP arrays are useful tools for evaluating genetic diversity and genomic inbreeding in cattle.
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- Ryouhei Suezawa
- Okinawa Prefectural Livestock and Grassland Research Center, Okinawa, Japan
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- Okinawa Prefectural Livestock and Grassland Research Center, Okinawa, Japan
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- University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Agriculture, Okinawa, Japan.,United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
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Fujii T, Naito A, Hirayama H, Kashima M, Yoshino H, Hanamure T, Domon Y, Hayakawa H, Watanabe T, Moriyasu S, Kageyama S. Potential of preimplantation genomic selection for carcass traits in Japanese Black cattle. J Reprod Dev 2019; 65:251-258. [PMID: 30905888 PMCID: PMC6584181 DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2019-009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Preimplantation genomic selection using genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) based on single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotypes is expected to accelerate genetic improvement in
cattle. To develop a preimplantation genomic selection system for carcass traits in Japanese Black cattle, we investigated the accuracy of genomic evaluation of carcass traits using biopsied
embryonic cells (Experiment 1); we also performed an empirical evaluation for embryo transfer (ET) of vitrified GEBV-evaluated blastocysts to assess the efficiency of the preimplantation
genomic selection system (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, the mean call rate for SNP genotyping using approximately 15 biopsied cells was 98.1 ± 0.3%, whereas that for approximately 5
biopsied cells was 91.5 ± 2.4%. The mean concordance rate for called genotypes between ~15-cell biopsies and the corresponding biopsied embryos was 99.9 ± 0.02%. The GEBVs for carcass
weight, ribeye area, and marbling score calculated from ~15-cell biopsies closely matched those from the corresponding calves produced by ET. In Experiment 2, a total of 208 in
vivo blastocysts were biopsied (~15-cell) and the biopsied cells were processed for SNP genotyping, where 88.5% of the samples were found to be suitable for GEBV calculation.
Large variations in GEBVs for carcass traits were observed among full-sib embryos and, among the embryos, some presented higher GEBVs for ribeye area and marbling score than their parents.
The conception rate following ET of vitrified GEBV-evaluated blastocysts was 41.9% (13/31). These findings suggest the possible application of preimplantation genomic selection for carcass
traits in Japanese Black cattle.
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- Takashi Fujii
- Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Hokkaido 081-0038, Japan
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- Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Hokkaido 081-0038, Japan
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- Department of Northern Biosphere Agriculture, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Hokkaido 099-2493, Japan
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- Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Hokkaido 081-0038, Japan
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- Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Hokkaido 081-0038, Japan
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- Genetics Hokkaido Association, Hokkaido 089-0103, Japan
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- Japan Livestock Technology Association, Tokyo 113-0034, Japan.,Present: Livestock Improvement Association Japan, Maebashi Institute of Animal Science, Gunma 371-0121, Japan
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- Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Hokkaido 081-0038, Japan
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- Animal Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Hokkaido 081-0038, Japan
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Uemoto Y, Sasaki S, Kojima T, Sugimoto Y, Watanabe T. Impact of QTL minor allele frequency on genomic evaluation using real genotype data and simulated phenotypes in Japanese Black cattle. BMC Genet 2015; 16:134. [PMID: 26586567 PMCID: PMC4653875 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-015-0287-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Accepted: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Genetic variance that is not captured by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is due to imperfect linkage disequilibrium (LD) between SNPs and quantitative trait loci (QTLs), and the extent of LD between SNPs and QTLs depends on different minor allele frequencies (MAF) between them. To evaluate the impact of MAF of QTLs on genomic evaluation, we performed a simulation study using real cattle genotype data. Methods In total, 1368 Japanese Black cattle and 592,034 SNPs (Illumina BovineHD BeadChip) were used. We simulated phenotypes using real genotypes under different scenarios, varying the MAF categories, QTL heritability, number of QTLs, and distribution of QTL effect. After generating true breeding values and phenotypes, QTL heritability was estimated and the prediction accuracy of genomic estimated breeding value (GEBV) was assessed under different SNP densities, prediction models, and population size by a reference-test validation design. Results The extent of LD between SNPs and QTLs in this population was higher in the QTLs with high MAF than in those with low MAF. The effect of MAF of QTLs depended on the genetic architecture, evaluation strategy, and population size in genomic evaluation. In genetic architecture, genomic evaluation was affected by the MAF of QTLs combined with the QTL heritability and the distribution of QTL effect. The number of QTL was not affected on genomic evaluation if the number of QTL was more than 50. In the evaluation strategy, we showed that different SNP densities and prediction models affect the heritability estimation and genomic prediction and that this depends on the MAF of QTLs. In addition, accurate QTL heritability and GEBV were obtained using denser SNP information and the prediction model accounted for the SNPs with low and high MAFs. In population size, a large sample size is needed to increase the accuracy of GEBV. Conclusion The MAF of QTL had an impact on heritability estimation and prediction accuracy. Most genetic variance can be captured using denser SNPs and the prediction model accounted for MAF, but a large sample size is needed to increase the accuracy of GEBV under all QTL MAF categories. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12863-015-0287-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Yoshinobu Uemoto
- National Livestock Breeding Center, Nishigo, Fukushima, 961-8511, Japan.
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- National Livestock Breeding Center, Nishigo, Fukushima, 961-8511, Japan.
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- National Livestock Breeding Center, Nishigo, Fukushima, 961-8511, Japan.
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- Shirakawa Institute of Animal Genetics, Japan Livestock Technology Association, Nishigo, Fukushima, 961-8511, Japan.
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- National Livestock Breeding Center, Nishigo, Fukushima, 961-8511, Japan.
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Ogawa S, Matsuda H, Taniguchi Y, Watanabe T, Nishimura S, Sugimoto Y, Iwaisaki H. Effects of single nucleotide polymorphism marker density on degree of genetic variance explained and genomic evaluation for carcass traits in Japanese Black beef cattle. BMC Genet 2014; 15:15. [PMID: 24491120 PMCID: PMC3913948 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-15-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background Japanese Black cattle are a beef breed whose meat is well known to excel in meat quality, especially in marbling, and whose effective population size is relatively low in Japan. Unlike dairy cattle, the accuracy of genomic evaluation (GE) for carcass traits in beef cattle, including this breed, has been poorly studied. For carcass weight and marbling score in the breed, as well as the extent of whole genome linkage disequilibrium (LD), the effects of equally-spaced single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) density on genomic relationship matrix (G matrix), genetic variance explained and GE were investigated using the genotype data of about 40,000 SNPs and two statistical models. Results Using all pairs of two adjacent SNPs in the whole SNP set, the means of LD (r2) at ranges 0–0.1, 0.1–0.2, 0.2–0.5 and 0.5–1 Mb were 0.22, 0.13, 0.10 and 0.08, respectively, and 25.7, 13.9, 10.4 and 6.4% of the r2 values exceeded 0.3, respectively. While about 90% of the genetic variance for carcass weight estimated using all available SNPs was explained using 4,000–6,000 SNPs, the corresponding percentage for marbling score was consistently lower. With the conventional linear model incorporating the G matrix, correlation between the genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) obtained using 4,000 SNPs and all available SNPs was 0.99 for carcass weight and 0.98 for marbling score, with an underestimation of the former GEBVs, especially for marbling score. Conclusions The Japanese Black is likely to be in a breed group with a relatively high extent of whole genome LD. The results indicated that the degree of marbling is controlled by only QTLs with relatively small effects, compared with carcass weight, and that using at least 4,000 equally-spaced SNPs, there is a possibility of ranking animals genetically for these carcass traits in this breed.
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- Shinichiro Ogawa
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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