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Makanjuola BO, Abdalla EA, Wood BJ, Baes CF. Applicability of single-step genomic evaluation with a random regression model for reproductive traits in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo). Front Genet 2022; 13:923766. [PMID: 36092884 PMCID: PMC9449153 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.923766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fertility and hatchability are economically important traits due to their effect on poult output coming from the turkey hatchery. Traditionally, fertility is recorded as the number of fertile eggs set in the incubator (FERT), defined at a time point during incubation by the identification of a developing embryo. Hatchability is recorded as either the number of fertile eggs that hatched (hatch of fertile, HOF) or the number hatched from all the eggs set (hatch of set, HOS). These traits are collected throughout the productive life of the bird and are conventionally cumulated, resulting in each bird having a single record per trait. Genetic evaluations of these traits have been estimated using pedigree relationships. However, the longitudinal nature of the traits and the availability of genomic information have renewed interest in using random regression (RR) to capture the differences in repeatedly recorded traits, as well as in the incorporation of genomic relationships. Therefore, the objectives of this study were: 1) to compare the applicability of a RR model with a cumulative model (CUM) using both pedigree and genomic information for genetic evaluation of FERT, HOF, and HOS and 2) to estimate and compare predictability from the models. For this study, a total of 63,935 biweekly FERT, HOF, and HOS records from 7,211 hens mated to 1,524 toms were available for a maternal turkey line. In total, 4,832 animals had genotypic records, and pedigree information on 11,191 animals was available. Estimated heritability from the CUM model using pedigree information was 0.11 ± 0.02, 0.24 ± 0.02, and 0.24 ± 0.02 for FERT, HOF, and HOS, respectively. With random regression using pedigree relationships, heritability estimates were in the range of 0.04–0.09, 0.11–0.17, and 0.09–0.18 for FERT, HOF, and HOS, respectively. The incorporation of genomic information increased the heritability by an average of 28 and 23% for CUM and RR models, respectively. In addition, the incorporation of genomic information caused predictability to increase by approximately 11 and 7% for HOF and HOS, respectively; however, a decrease in predictability of about 12% was observed for FERT. Our findings suggest that RR models using pedigree and genomic relationships simultaneously will achieve a higher predictability than the traditional CUM model.
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- Bayode O. Makanjuola
- Centre for Genomic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Genomic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Genomic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, Australia
- Hybrid Turkeys, Kitchener, ON, Canada
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- Centre for Genomic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
- Institute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- *Correspondence: Christine F. Baes,
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Tongsiri S, Van der Werf JHJ, Li L, Jeyaruban MG, Wolcott ML, Hermesch S, Chormai T. Using random regression models to estimate genetic variation in growth pattern and its association with sexual maturity of Thai native chickens. Br Poult Sci 2020; 61:615-623. [PMID: 32703033 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2020.1797995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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1. Genetic (co)variances and parameters between body weights (BW) across the growth trajectory were estimated using a univariate random regression (RR) animal model. The effect of growth rates (GH) on age at first egg (AFE) and egg weight at first egg (EWFE) were explored using a series of univariate and bivariate analyses. 2. Body weights were taken from Thai native chickens at hatch day to 168 days of age. The model included interactions between age with hatch nested within year and sex as fixed effects, and random effects of direct additive genetic, direct permanent environmental, maternal genetic and maternal permanent environmental effects. All random effects were fitted as regressions to animals' age via quadratic Legendre polynomials and fitting six classes of residual variances was identified as an optimal variance structure to estimate parameters. 3. Genetic and phenotypic variances for BW increased with increasing age. Estimated heritabilities for direct additive (h2 a) and maternal genetic (h2 m) effects on BW traits ranged from 0.34 to 0.54, and 0.04 to 0.06, respectively. Estimated variance ratios for direct (c2 ape) and maternal permanent environmental (c2 mpe) effects ranged from 0.19 to 0.48 and 0.10 to 0.12, respectively. Estimated correlations between weights at different ages were high for all random effects. 4. Estimated h2 a for six GH traits ranged from 0.06 to 0.28, while for AFE and EWFE these were 0.24 and 0.16, respectively. Estimated h2 m and c2 mpe were low for GH. Estimated genetic correlations between GH and AFE ranged from -0.22 to 0.02 and, between GH and EWFE, ranged from -0.05 to 0.40. These estimates suggested that selecting high GH chickens at 28 days of age can be expected to reduce AFE and to increase EWFE.
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- S Tongsiri
- Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit Is a Joint Venture of NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of New England , Armidale, Australia.,Department of Livestock Development, Prachin Buri, Thailand
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- School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England , Armidale, Australia
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- Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit Is a Joint Venture of NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of New England , Armidale, Australia
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- Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit Is a Joint Venture of NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of New England , Armidale, Australia
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- Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit Is a Joint Venture of NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of New England , Armidale, Australia
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- Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit Is a Joint Venture of NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of New England , Armidale, Australia
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- Department of Livestock Development, Prachin Buri, Thailand
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Chu TT, Madsen P, Norberg E, Wang L, Marois D, Henshall J, Jensen J. Genetic analysis on body weight at different ages in broiler chicken raised in commercial environment. J Anim Breed Genet 2019; 137:245-259. [PMID: 31621116 DOI: 10.1111/jbg.12448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A multivariate model was developed and used to estimate genetic parameters of body weight (BW) at 1-6 weeks of age of broilers raised in a commercial environment. The development of model was based on the predictive ability of breeding values evaluated from a cross-validation procedure that relied on half-sib correlation. The multivariate model accounted for heterogeneous variances between sexes through standardization applied to male and female BWs differently. It was found that the direct additive genetic, permanent environmental maternal and residual variances for BW increased drastically as broilers aged. The drastic increase in variances over weeks of age was mainly due to scaling effects. The ratio of the permanent environmental maternal variance to phenotypic variance decreased gradually with increasing age. Heritability of BW traits ranged from 0.28 to 0.33 at different weeks of age. The direct genetic effects on consecutive weekly BWs had high genetic correlations (0.85-0.99), but the genetic correlations between early and late BWs were low (0.32-0.57). The difference in variance components between sexes increased with increasing age. In conclusion, the permanent environmental maternal effect on broiler chicken BW decreased with increasing age from weeks 1 to 6. Potential bias of the model that considered identical variances for sexes could be reduced when heterogeneous variances between sexes are accounted for in the model.
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- Thinh Tuan Chu
- Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.,Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.,Faculty of Animal Science, Vietnam National University of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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- Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark.,Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway
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- Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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- Cobb-Vantress Inc., Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA
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- Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Tjele, Denmark
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Pértille F, Moreira GCM, Zanella R, Nunes JDRDS, Boschiero C, Rovadoscki GA, Mourão GB, Ledur MC, Coutinho LL. Genome-wide association study for performance traits in chickens using genotype by sequencing approach. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41748. [PMID: 28181508 PMCID: PMC5299454 DOI: 10.1038/srep41748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Performance traits are economically important and are targets for selection in breeding programs, especially in the poultry industry. To identify regions on the chicken genome associated with performance traits, different genomic approaches have been applied in the last years. The aim of this study was the application of CornellGBS approach (134,528 SNPs generated from a PstI restriction enzyme) on Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) in an outbred F2 chicken population. We have validated 91.7% of these 134,528 SNPs after imputation of missed genotypes. Out of those, 20 SNPs were associated with feed conversion, one was associated with body weight at 35 days of age (P < 7.86E-07) and 93 were suggestively associated with a variety of performance traits (P < 1.57E-05). The majority of these SNPs (86.2%) overlapped with previously mapped QTL for the same performance traits and some of the SNPs also showed novel potential QTL regions. The results obtained in this study suggests future searches for candidate genes and QTL refinements as well as potential use of the SNPs described here in breeding programs.
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- Fábio Pértille
- University of São Paulo (USP)/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- College of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School, University of Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo (USP)/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo (USP)/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo (USP)/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo (USP)/Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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