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Zhang X, Hirschfeld M, Beck J, Kupke A, Köhler K, Schütz E, Brenig B. Osteogenesis imperfecta in a male holstein calf associated with a possible oligogenic origin. Vet Q 2020; 40:58-67. [PMID: 31980012 PMCID: PMC7034473 DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2020.1721611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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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Background: Neuromusculoskeletal anomalies generally in combination with severe clinical symptoms, comprise a heterogeneous group of fairly common and mostly fatal disorders in man and animals. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease, causes bone fragility and deformity. Prominent extra-skeletal accessory manifestations of OI comprise blue/gray sclerae, hearing impairment, lung abnormalities and hypercalciuria. Cases of OI in cattle have been reported. However, no causative mutations have been identified in cattle so far.Aim: To report a possible oligogenic origin identified in a calf from clinically healthy parents suffering from OI.Materials and Methods: A neonatal embryo transfer male Holstein calf developing multiple fractures with bone tissue showing marked osteopenia was used for whole genome re-sequencing as well as its parents. In addition, 2,612 randomly chosen healthy Holstein cattle were genotyped as well as controls.Results: Sixteen candidate genes with potential protein-altering variants were selected revealing non-synonymous variants only within IFITM5 and CRTAP genes. However, in-depth gene analysis did not result in the identification of a single causative mutation in the OI calf.Conclusion: The analysis of the OI case revealed a possible oligogenic origin of the disease attributable to additive effects of three candidate genes, i.e., ABCA13, QRFPR, and IFTIM5.Clinical relevance: Most OI cases in humans and domestic animals reported so far are caused by distinct dominant or recessive monogenic mutations, therefore a potential oligogenic additive genetic effect is a novel finding. Furthermore, the case presented here demonstrates that cross-species genetic analyses might not always be straightforward.
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- Xuying Zhang
- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Chronix Biomedical, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Veterinary Medicine, University of Goettingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Petersen JL, Tietze SM, Burrack RM, Steffen DJ. Evidence for a de novo, dominant germ-line mutation causative of osteogenesis imperfecta in two Red Angus calves. Mamm Genome 2019; 30:81-87. [PMID: 30788588 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-019-09794-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A genetic disorder, osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is broadly characterized by connective tissue abnormalities and bone fragility most commonly attributed to alterations in Type I collagen. Two Red Angus calves by the same sire presented with severe bone and dental fragility, blue sclera, and evidence of in utero fractures consistent with OI congenita. Comparative analyses with human cases suggested the OI in these calves most closely resembled that classified as OI Type II. Due to the phenotypic classification and shared paternity, a dominant, germ-line variant was hypothesized as causative although recessive genotypes were also considered due to a close relationship between the sire and dam of one calf. Whole-genome sequencing revealed the presence of a missense mutation in the alpha 1 chain of collagen Type I (COL1A1), for which both calves were heterozygous. The variant resulted in the substitution of a glycine residue with serine in the triple helical domain of the protein; in this region, glycine normally occupies every third position as is critical for correct formation of the Type I collagen molecule. Allele-specific amplification by droplet digital PCR further quantified the variant at a frequency of nearly 4.4% in the semen of the sire while it was absent in his blood, supporting the hypothesis of a de novo causative variant for which the germ line of the sire was mosaic. The identification of novel variants associated with unwanted phenotypes in livestock is critical as the high prolificacy of breeding stock has the potential to rapidly disseminate undesirable variation.
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- Jessica L Petersen
- Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583-0908, USA.
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583-0908, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583-0908, USA
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 68583-0905, USA
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Agerholm JS, Menzi F, McEvoy FJ, Jagannathan V, Drögemüller C. Lethal chondrodysplasia in a family of Holstein cattle is associated with a de novo splice site variant of COL2A1. BMC Vet Res 2016; 12:100. [PMID: 27296271 PMCID: PMC4906884 DOI: 10.1186/s12917-016-0739-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background Lethal chondrodysplasia (bulldog syndrome) is a well-known congenital syndrome in cattle and occurs sporadically in many breeds. In 2015, it was noticed that about 12 % of the offspring of the phenotypically normal Danish Holstein sire VH Cadiz Captivo showed chondrodysplasia resembling previously reported bulldog calves. Pedigree analysis of affected calves did not display obvious inbreeding to a common ancestor, suggesting the causative allele was not a rare recessive. The normal phenotype of the sire suggested a dominant inheritance with incomplete penetrance or a mosaic mutation. Results Three malformed calves were examined by necropsy, histopathology, radiology, and computed tomography scanning. These calves were morphologically similar and displayed severe disproportionate dwarfism and reduced body weight. The syndrome was characterized by shortening and compression of the body due to reduced length of the spine and the long bones of the limbs. The vicerocranium had severe dysplasia and palatoschisis. The bones had small irregular diaphyses and enlarged epiphyses consisting only of chondroid tissue. The sire and a total of four affected half-sib offspring and their dams were genotyped with the BovineHD SNP array to map the defect in the genome. Significant genetic linkage was obtained for several regions of the bovine genome including chromosome 5 where whole genome sequencing of an affected calf revealed a COL2A1 point mutation (g.32473300 G > A). This private sequence variant was predicted to affect splicing as it altered the conserved splice donor sequence GT at the 5’-end of COL2A1 intron 36, which was changed to AT. All five available cases carried the mutant allele in heterozygous state and all five dams were homozygous wild type. The sire VH Cadiz Captivo was shown to be a gonadal and somatic mosaic as assessed by the presence of the mutant allele at levels of about 5 % in peripheral blood and 15 % in semen. Conclusions The phenotypic and genetic findings are comparable to a previously reported COL2A1 missense mutation underlying lethal chondrodysplasia in the offspring of a mosaic French Holstein sire (Igale Masc). The identified independent spontaneous splice site variant in COL2A1 most likely caused chondrodysplasia and must have occurred during the early foetal development of the sire. This study provides a first example of a dominant COL2A1 splice site variant as candidate causal mutation of a severe lethal chondrodysplasia phenotype. Germline mosaicism is a relatively frequent mechanism in the origin of genetic disorders and explains the prevalence of a certain fraction of affected offspring. Paternal dominant de novo mutations are a risk in cattle breeding, especially because the ratio of defective offspring may be very high and be associated with significant animal welfare problems. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12917-016-0739-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jørgen S Agerholm
- Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Dyrlægevej 68, Frederiksberg C, DK-1870, Denmark.
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- Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, Bern, CH-3001, Switzerland
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Dyrlægevej 16, Frederiksberg C, DK-1870, Denmark
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- Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, Bern, CH-3001, Switzerland
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- Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, Bern, CH-3001, Switzerland
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Dittmer KE, Thompson KG. Approach to Investigating Congenital Skeletal Abnormalities in Livestock. Vet Pathol 2015; 52:851-61. [PMID: 25910781 DOI: 10.1177/0300985815579999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Congenital skeletal abnormalities may be genetic, teratogenic, or nutritional in origin; distinguishing among these different causes is essential in the management of the disease but may be challenging. In some cases, teratogenic or nutritional causes of skeletal abnormalities may appear very similar to genetic causes. For example, chondrodysplasia associated with intrauterine zinc or manganese deficiency and mild forms of hereditary chondrodysplasia have very similar clinical features and histologic lesions. Therefore, historical data are essential in any attempt to distinguish genetic and acquired causes of skeletal lesions; as many animals as possible should be examined; and samples should be collected for future analysis, such as genetic testing. Acquired causes of defects often show substantial variation in presentation and may improve with time, while genetic causes frequently have a consistent presentation. If a disease is determined to be of genetic origin, a number of approaches may be used to detect mutations, each with advantages and disadvantages. These approaches include sequencing candidate genes, single-nucleotide polymorphism array with genomewide association studies, and exome or whole genome sequencing. Despite advances in technology and increased cost-effectiveness of these techniques, a good clinical history and description of the pathology and a reliable diagnosis are still key components of any investigation.
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- K E Dittmer
- Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Saha A, Alam MJ, Ashraf KUM, Mannan A. Computational analysis of bovine alpha-1 collagen sequences. Bioinformation 2013; 9:42-8. [PMID: 23390343 PMCID: PMC3563415 DOI: 10.6026/97320630009042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/31/2012] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Bovine collagen alpha-1 is a naturally occurring extracellular matrix protein found in tendons and other connective tissues. It plays a vital role in cell growth, differentiation, attachment, and migration. Recent findings have established that collagen alpha-1 is involved in osteogenesis imperfecta phenotype in cattle but deep information about other members of this large family is not available so far. So with a view to finding a new edge and attempt to figure out a correlation among the well attributed Bovine alpha-1 collagen sequences are executed and analyzed. To do so, comparative analysis among the 28 members of collagen family has been carried out using Computational tools. Consequently, based on the physico-chemical, secondary structural, functional and phylogenetic classifications, we have selected collagen 12, 14 and 20 as targets for pathological conditions. These proteins belong to the FACIT family and significantly showed low glycine and proline content, high instability and aliphatic index. Moreover, FACIT family collagens contain multiple triple helical domains and being members of the FACIT family, bovine collagen 12, 14, 20 do not form fibrils by themselves but they are associated to collagen 1 associated fibrils. These collagen molecules might be crucial candidates to detect and understand the process of matrix remodeling in diseases especially in the arena of cellular compartments.
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- Ayan Saha
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh
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Inherited disorders are of major importance in Holstein-Friesian cattle, a breed that now dominates the global dairy industry. Recent developments in the breed reflect intensive selection programs for production traits, identifying elite sires whose genotypes are rapidly spread worldwide through the use of breeding programs involving advanced reproductive technologies. These elite sires carry mutations responsible for disease. Consequently, the mating of descendants of an elite sire (as with any sire) substantially increases the risk of producing defective progeny. The important inherited disorder citrullinaemia was disseminated globally in the 1970s and first reported in Australian Holstein-Friesians. However, a range of inherited disorders more recently recognised internationally in this breed have remained unreported in Australia, although recent genotyping studies suggest they have probably occurred. A survey of these disorders suggests a decline in surveillance for such diseases in Australia. Clinical and pathological descriptions are presented to enable practitioners and producers to recognise and report these disorders, and a proposal is advanced to establish a health program to manage this issue.
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- Pa Windsor
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, PMB 3, Camden, New South Wales 2570, Australia.
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Kamoun-Goldrat AS, Le Merrer MF. Animal models of osteogenesis imperfecta and related syndromes. J Bone Miner Metab 2007; 25:211-8. [PMID: 17593490 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-007-0750-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2006] [Accepted: 02/27/2007] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Agnès S Kamoun-Goldrat
- Paris Descartes University, INSERM U781, Tour Lavoisier, Hôpital Necker, 75743, Paris, Cedex 15, France.
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Singleton AC, Mitchell AL, Byers PH, Potter KA, Pace JM. Bovine model of Marfan syndrome results from an amino acid change (c.3598G > A, p.E1200K) in a calcium-binding epidermal growth factor-like domain of fibrillin-1. Hum Mutat 2006; 25:348-52. [PMID: 15776436 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Marfan Syndrome (MFS) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 gene (FBN1). Several calves, all sired by a phenotypically normal bull, were found to exhibit the major clinical and pathological characteristics of human MFS (aortic dissection, joint laxity, lens dislocation), and were recognized as potential models of the human disease. In this study, Fbn1 cDNA from affected animals was sequenced and a heterozygous c.3598G > A transition was detected in exon 29, which predicted the substitution of an evolutionarily conserved glutamic acid by lysine at position 1200 (p.E1200K). This residue is part of a calcium-binding epidermal growth factor-like (cbEGF-like) module, a domain that is frequently altered in human MFS. Analysis of genomic DNA from the original bull's sperm showed that less than 20% of the sperm harbored the mutation, consistent with the presence of germline mosaicism. This study validates the use of these animals as models of human MFS. These cows will be valuable for investigations into the molecular pathogenesis of MFS, and may lead to better therapeutic testing and evaluation of human Marfan patients.
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- Annie C Singleton
- School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Seeliger F, Leeb T, Peters M, Brugmann M, Fehr M, Hewicker-Trautwein M. Osteogenesis imperfecta in two litters of dachshunds. Vet Pathol 2003; 40:530-9. [PMID: 12949410 DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-5-530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A clinical, morphologic, ultrastructural, and genetic study was performed on five rough-coated dachshund semisiblings with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). Clinical signs consisted of pain, spontaneous bone and teeth fractures, joint hyperlaxity, and reduced bone density on radiography. Primary teeth were extremely thin-walled and brittle. The hallmark of the disease was a severe osteopenia characterized by impairment of lamellar bone formation in the long bones, skull, and vertebral column. No deformity or dwarfism was present. The columns of chondrocytes and primary trabeculae in the epiphyses and metaphyses were histologically normal. An abrupt failure of secondary spongiosa and lamellar bone formation was evident in the medullary and cortical zones in all animals. The few existing trabeculae consisted of woven bone. There was no increase in the number and size of osteoclasts or lacunae. In the teeth, the dentine layers were thin and lacked a tubular pattern. Ultrastructurally, osteoid apposition on bone surfaces was reduced, and small numbers of large cytoplasmic vacuoles were present in a few osteoblasts. Molecular analyses of the collagen type I-encoding genes COL1A1 and COL1A2 revealed several nucleotide differences compared with the published canine sequences but were not significant for OI. Therefore, OI in these Dachshund litters was characterized by a severe, generalized osteopenia and dentinopenia. This pattern of reduced bone formation is suggestive of defective production of collagen type I.
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- F Seeliger
- Institut für Pathologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany.
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Thompson JN, Woodruff RC, Huai H. Mutation rate: a simple concept has become complex. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 1998; 32:292-300. [PMID: 9882003 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1998)32:4<292::aid-em2>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The factors that cause new mutations or affect the rate at which they occur have important implications for many areas of genetics. But recent work on phenomena such as premeiotic mutations, which yield a cluster of identical new mutants at the some time, led us to realize that researchers are using the term "mutation rate" in different, and sometimes contradictory, ways. One premeiotic genetic change may ultimately yield several new mutant offspring, but should this be considered one new mutation or many? The way the data are handled in analyses can have a significant effect on the results. How, then, does one handle clusters in the estimation of mutation rates? We explore this question and propose that geneticists begin to distinguish clearly between three different phenomena that to this point have been given the same name: the initial prerepair "genetic damage rate," the postrepair "mutational event rate," and the observed "mutation rate" as it is expressed in the proportion of new mutant offspring. We believe that all new mutant offspring should be counted when estimating mutation rate, irrespective of when in the developmental cycle it is believed that the initial mutational event occurred.
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- J N Thompson
- Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman 73019, USA.
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In a family with recurrent osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) caused by paternal mosaicism, prenatal diagnosis was made using restriction enzyme analysis for a mutation in COL1A2. Parental mosaicism is important to consider in genetic counselling for OI. Prenatal diagnosis of OI is available currently by means of collagen or gene analyses in the first trimester or by ultrasonography in the second trimester.
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- A M Lund
- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet 4062, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Woodruff RC, Huai H, Thompson JN. Clusters of identical new mutation in the evolutionary landscape. Genetica 1996; 98:149-60. [PMID: 8976063 DOI: 10.1007/bf00121363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In contrast to the common assumption that each new mutant results from a unique, independent mutation event, clusters of identical premeiotic mutant alleles are common. Clusters can produce large numbers of related individuals carrying identical copies of the same new genetic change. By entering the gene pool in multiple copies at one time, clusters can influence fundamental processes of population genetics. Here we report evidence that clusters can increase the arrival and fixation probabilities and can lengthen the average time to extinction of new mutations. We also suggest it may be necessary to reconsider other fundamental elements of population genetic theory.
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- R C Woodruff
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403, USA
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Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is characterized by fragile bones, skeletal deformity, and growth retardation. This heritable disorder of connective tissue is the result of mutations affecting the COL1A1 and COL1A2 genes of type I collagen. Progress in OI research has been limited because of dependence on human fibroblast and osteoblast specimens and the absence of a naturally occurring animal model for this genetic disorder. Recent technology in molecular biology has led to the development of transgenic models of OI based on site directed mutagenesis of type I collagen genes. OIM is a naturally occurring model which incorporates both the phenotypic and biochemical defects of moderate to severe osteogenesis imperfecta. This powerful tool permits the development of models based on different type I collagen mutations. The collagen type I mutation in OIM is a C propeptide deletion which impairs the production of normal pro-alpha2(I). Tissues in OIM contain only [pro-alpha1(I)]3 homotrimer. Thus, although several animal models are now available for research in osteogenesis imperfecta few are viable or fully mimic human disease disorders. OIM duplicates the phenotype and biochemistry of human disease and has a normal life span.
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- J R Shapiro
- Bone Metabolism Research Laboratory, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Hopkins Bayview Research Campus, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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