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Niimura Y, Biswa BB, Kishida T, Toyoda A, Fujiwara K, Ito M, Touhara K, Inoue-Murayama M, Jenkins SH, Adenyo C, Kayang BB, Koide T. Synchronized Expansion and Contraction of Olfactory, Vomeronasal, and Taste Receptor Gene Families in Hystricomorph Rodents. Mol Biol Evol 2024; 41:msae071. [PMID: 38649162 PMCID: PMC11035023 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Chemical senses, including olfaction, pheromones, and taste, are crucial for the survival of most animals. There has long been a debate about whether different types of senses might influence each other. For instance, primates with a strong sense of vision are thought to have weakened olfactory abilities, although the oversimplified trade-off theory is now being questioned. It is uncertain whether such interactions between different chemical senses occur during evolution. To address this question, we examined four receptor gene families related to olfaction, pheromones, and taste: olfactory receptor (OR), vomeronasal receptor type 1 and type 2 (V1R and V2R), and bitter taste receptor (T2R) genes in Hystricomorpha, which is morphologically and ecologically the most diverse group of rodents. We also sequenced and assembled the genome of the grasscutter, Thryonomys swinderianus. By examining 16 available genome assemblies alongside the grasscutter genome, we identified orthologous gene groups among hystricomorph rodents for these gene families to separate the gene gain and loss events in each phylogenetic branch of the Hystricomorpha evolutionary tree. Our analysis revealed that the expansion or contraction of the four gene families occurred synchronously, indicating that when one chemical sense develops or deteriorates, the others follow suit. The results also showed that V1R/V2R genes underwent the fastest evolution, followed by OR genes, and T2R genes were the most evolutionarily stable. This variation likely reflects the difference in ligands of V1R/V2Rs, ORs, and T2Rs: species-specific pheromones, environment-based scents, and toxic substances common to many animals, respectively.
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- Yoshihito Niimura
- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Mouse Genomics Resource Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
- Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shizuoka, Japan
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- Curatorial Division, Museum of Natural and Environmental History, Shizuoka, Japan
- Present address: College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Japan
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- Comparative Genomics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Mouse Genomics Resource Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Present address: Biosphere Informatics Laboratory, Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto, Japan
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- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Mouse Genomics Resource Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan
- Department of Genetics, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Shizuoka, Japan
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Shi S, Shao D, Yang L, Liang Q, Han W, Xue Q, Qu L, Leng L, Li Y, Zhao X, Dong P, Walugembe M, Kayang BB, Muhairwa AP, Zhou H, Tong H. Whole Genome Analyses Reveal Novel Genes Associated with Chicken Adaptation to Tropical and Frigid Environments. J Adv Res 2022; 47:13-25. [PMID: 35907630 PMCID: PMC10173185 DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2022.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Investigating the genetic footprints of historical temperature selection can get insights to the local adaptation and feasible influences of climate change on long-term population dynamics. OBJECT Chicken is a significative species to study genetic adaptation on account of its similar domestication track related to human activity with the most diversified varieties. Yet, few studies have demonstrated the genetic signatures of its adaptation to naturally tropical and frigid environments. METHOD Here, we generated whole genome resequencing of 119 domesticated chickens in China including the following breeds which are in order of breeding environmental temperature from more tropical to more frigid: Wenchang chicken (WCC), green-shell chicken (GSC), Tibetan chicken (TBC), and Lindian chicken (LDC). RESULTS Our results showed WCC branched off earlier than LDC with an evident genetic admixture between WCC and LDC, suggesting their closer genetic relationship. Further comparative genomic analyses solute carrier family 33 member 1 (SLC33A1) and thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) genes exhibited stronger signatures for positive selection in the genome of the more tropical WCC. Furthermore, genotype data from about 3,000 African local ecotypes confirmed that allele frequencies of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in these 2 genes appeared strongly associated with tropical environment adaptation. In addition, the NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit S4 (NDUFS4) gene exhibited a strong signature for positive selection in the LDC genome, and SNPs with marked allele frequency differences indicated a significant relationship with frigid environment adaptation. CONCLUSION Our findings partially clarify how selection footprints from environmental temperature stress can lead to advantageous genomic adaptions to tropical and frigid environments in poultry and provide a valuable resource for selective breeding of chickens.
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- Shourong Shi
- Poultry Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225125, China
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- Poultry Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225125, China
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- Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, Beijing 10089, China
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- Novogene Bioinformatics Institute, Beijing 10089, China
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- Poultry Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225125, China
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- Poultry Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225125, China
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- Poultry Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225125, China
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- College of Animal Science and technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150038, China
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- Tropical Crop Germplasm Research Institute, Haikou, Hainan, 571101, China
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- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Rural and Science and Technology Bureau, Xiangcheng County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, 626000, China
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- Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Rural and Science and Technology Bureau, Xiangcheng County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, 626000, China
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, 2255 Kildee Hall, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra 233, Ghana
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3000 Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Poultry Institute, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225125, China.
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Tudeka CK, Aning GK, Naazie A, Botchway PK, Amuzu-Aweh EN, Agbenyegah GK, Enyetornye B, Fiadzomor D, Saelao P, Wang Y, Kelly TR, Gallardo R, Dekkers JCM, Lamont SJ, Zhou H, Kayang BB. Response of three local chicken ecotypes of Ghana to lentogenic and velogenic Newcastle disease virus challenge. Trop Anim Health Prod 2022; 54:134. [PMID: 35266056 DOI: 10.1007/s11250-022-03124-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This study was carried out to assess the response of three Ghanaian local chicken ecotypes to LaSota (lentogenic) and virulent field strains of Newcastle disease virus (NDV). Local chickens sampled from the Interior Savannah (IS), Forest (FO) and Coastal Savannah (CS) agro-ecological zones were bred and their offspring were challenged with LaSota NDV at 4 weeks of age. The LaSota challenge was replicated four times with different chicken groups. A total of 1438 chicks comprising 509 Coastal Savannah, 518 Forest and 411 Interior Savannah ecotypes were used. Pre- and post-challenge anti-NDV antibody titre levels were determined via ELISA assays. A second trial was conducted by introducing sick birds infected with virulent NDV to a flock of immunologically naïve chickens at 4 weeks old. Body weights were measured pre- and post-infection. Sex of the chickens was determined using a molecular method. In both trials, there was no significant difference among ecotypes in body weight and growth rate. In the LaSota trial, anti-NDV antibody titre did not differ by ecotype or sex. However, there was a positive linear relationship between body weight and antibody titre. In the velogenic NDV trial, survivability and lesion scores were similar among the three ecotypes. This study confirms that a relatively high dose of LaSota (NDV) challenge has no undesirable effect on Ghanaian local chicken ecotypes. All three Ghanaian local chicken ecotypes were susceptible to velogenic NDV challenge. Resistance to NDV by Ghanaian local chickens appears to be determined more by the individual's genetic makeup than by their ecotype.
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- Christopher K Tudeka
- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 226, Legon, Accra, Ghana
- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 38, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 68, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 226, Legon, Accra, Ghana
- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 226, Legon, Accra, Ghana
- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 226, Legon, Accra, Ghana
- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 226, Legon, Accra, Ghana
- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Animal Production Directorate, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 226, Legon, Accra, Ghana
- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 68, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 226, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 226, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics To Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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da Silva AP, Aston EJ, Chiwanga GH, Birakos A, Muhairwa AP, Kayang BB, Kelly T, Zhou H, Gallardo RA. Molecular Characterization of Newcastle Disease Viruses Isolated from Chickens in Tanzania and Ghana. Viruses 2020; 12:v12090916. [PMID: 32825492 PMCID: PMC7551648 DOI: 10.3390/v12090916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Newcastle disease (ND) is one of the most challenging infectious diseases affecting poultry production in Africa, causing major economic losses. To date, Newcastle disease virus isolates from several African countries have been grouped into class II NDV genotypes I, IV, V, VI, VII, XI, XIII, XIV, XVII, XVIII and XXI. Although ND is endemic in many African countries, information on circulating genotypes is still scarce. In Tanzania, outbreaks with genotypes V and XIII have been reported. In West and Central Africa, genotypes XIV, XVII, and XVIII are the most predominant. To investigate other genotypes circulating in Tanzania and Ghana, we performed molecular genotyping on isolates from Tanzania and Ghana using the MinION, a third-generation portable sequencing device from Oxford Nanopore Technologies. Using the MinION, we successfully sequenced the NDV F gene hypervariable region of 24 isolates from Tanzania and four samples from Ghana. In Tanzania, genotypes V, VII and XIII were detected. All isolates from Ghana belonged to genotype XVIII. The data obtained in this study reflect the genetic diversity of NDV in Africa and highlight the importance of surveillance for monitoring the distribution of NDV genotypes and viral evolution.
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- Ana P. da Silva
- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (A.P.d.S.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (E.J.A.); (H.Z.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania; (G.H.C.); (A.P.M.)
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (A.P.d.S.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania; (G.H.C.); (A.P.M.)
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra 233, Ghana;
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- One Health Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA;
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- Department of Animal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (E.J.A.); (H.Z.)
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- Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (A.P.d.S.); (A.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-530-752-1078
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Walugembe M, Amuzu-Aweh EN, Botchway PK, Naazie A, Aning G, Wang Y, Saelao P, Kelly T, Gallardo RA, Zhou H, Lamont SJ, Kayang BB, Dekkers JCM. Genetic Basis of Response of Ghanaian Local Chickens to Infection With a Lentogenic Newcastle Disease Virus. Front Genet 2020; 11:739. [PMID: 32849779 PMCID: PMC7402339 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Newcastle disease (ND) is a global threat to domestic poultry, especially in rural areas of Africa and Asia, where the loss of entire backyard local chicken flocks often threatens household food security and income. To investigate the genetics of Ghanaian local chicken ecotypes to Newcastle disease virus (NDV), in this study, three popular Ghanaian chicken ecotypes (regional populations) were challenged with a lentogenic NDV strain at 28 days of age. This study was conducted in parallel with a similar study that used three popular Tanzanian local chicken ecotypes and after two companion studies in the United States, using Hy-line Brown commercial laying birds. In addition to growth rate, NDV response traits were measured following infection, including anti-NDV antibody levels [pre-infection and 10 days post-infection (dpi)], and viral load (2 and 6 dpi). Genetic parameters were estimated, and two genome-wide association study analysis methods were used on data from 1,440 Ghanaian chickens that were genotyped on a chicken 600K Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) chip. Both Ghana and Tanzania NDV challenge studies revealed moderate to high (0.18 – 0.55) estimates of heritability for all traits, except viral clearance where the heritability estimate was not different from zero for the Tanzanian ecotypes. For the Ghana study, 12 quantitative trait loci (QTL) for growth and/or response to NDV from single-SNP analyses and 20 genomic regions that explained more than 1% of genetic variance using the Bayes B method were identified. Seven of these windows were also identified as having at least one significant SNP in the single SNP analyses for growth rate, anti-NDV antibody levels, and viral load at 2 and 6 dpi. An important gene for growth during stress, CHORDC1 associated with post-infection growth rate was identified as a positional candidate gene, as well as other immune related genes, including VAV2, IL12B, DUSP1, and IL17B. The QTL identified in the Ghana study did not overlap with those identified in the Tanzania study. However, both studies revealed QTL with genes vital for growth and immune response during NDV challenge. The Tanzania parallel study revealed an overlapping QTL on chromosome 24 for viral load at 6 dpi with the US NDV study in which birds were challenged with NDV under heat stress. This QTL region includes genes related to immune response, including TIRAP, ETS1, and KIRREL3. The moderate to high estimates of heritability and the identified QTL suggest that host response to NDV of local African chicken ecotypes can be improved through selective breeding to enhance increased NDV resistance and vaccine efficacy.
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- Muhammed Walugembe
- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.,Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States.,Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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Cann I, Pereira GV, Abdel-Hamid AM, Kim H, Wefers D, Kayang BB, Kanai T, Sato T, Bernardi RC, Atomi H, Mackie RI. Thermophilic Degradation of Hemicellulose, a Critical Feedstock in the Production of Bioenergy and Other Value-Added Products. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e02296-19. [PMID: 31980431 PMCID: PMC7082577 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02296-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Renewable fuels have gained importance as the world moves toward diversifying its energy portfolio. A critical step in the biomass-to-bioenergy initiative is deconstruction of plant cell wall polysaccharides to their unit sugars for subsequent fermentation to fuels. To acquire carbon and energy for their metabolic processes, diverse microorganisms have evolved genes encoding enzymes that depolymerize polysaccharides to their carbon/energy-rich building blocks. The microbial enzymes mostly target the energy present in cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin, three major forms of energy storage in plants. In the effort to develop bioenergy as an alternative to fossil fuel, a common strategy is to harness microbial enzymes to hydrolyze cellulose to glucose for fermentation to fuels. However, the conversion of plant biomass to renewable fuels will require both cellulose and hemicellulose, the two largest components of the plant cell wall, as feedstock to improve economic feasibility. Here, we explore the enzymes and strategies evolved by two well-studied bacteria to depolymerize the hemicelluloses xylan/arabinoxylan and mannan. The sets of enzymes, in addition to their applications in biofuels and value-added chemical production, have utility in animal feed enzymes, a rapidly developing industry with potential to minimize adverse impacts of animal agriculture on the environment.
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- Isaac Cann
- Department of Animal Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Microbiome Metabolic Engineering Theme, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Microbiome Metabolic Engineering Theme, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Microbiome Metabolic Engineering Theme, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Microbiome Metabolic Engineering Theme, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Department of Food Chemistry and Phytochemistry, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, Japan
- JST, CREST, Tokyo, Japan
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- NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, Japan
- JST, CREST, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Animal Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Energy Biosciences Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Microbiome Metabolic Engineering Theme, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Futse JE, Buami G, Kayang BB, Koku R, Palmer GH, Graça T, Noh SM. Sequence and immunologic conservation of Anaplasma marginale OmpA within strains from Ghana as compared to the predominant OmpA variant. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0217661. [PMID: 31291256 PMCID: PMC6619652 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A primary challenge in developing effective vaccines against obligate, intracellular, bacterial tick-borne pathogens that establish persistent infection is the identification of antigens that cross protect against multiple strains. In the case of Anaplasma marginale, the most prevalent tick-borne pathogen of cattle found worldwide, OmpA is an adhesin and thus a promising vaccine candidate. We sequenced ompA from cattle throughout Ghana naturally infected with A. marginale in order to determine the degree of variation in this gene in an area of suspected high genetic diversity. We compared the Ghanaian sequences with those available from N. America, Mexico, Australia and Puerto Rico. When considering only amino acid changes, three unique Ghanaian OmpA variants were identified. In comparison, strains from all other geographic regions, except one, shared a single OmpA variant, Variant 1, which differed from the Ghanaian variants. Next, using recombinant OmpA based on Variant 1, we determined that amino acid differences in OmpA in Ghanaian cattle as compared to OmpA Variant 1 did not alter the binding capacity of antibody directed against OmpA Variant 1, supporting the value of OmpA as a highly conserved vaccine candidate.
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- James E. Futse
- Animal Disease Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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- Animal Disease Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Animal Disease Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Animal Disease Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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- Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States of America
- Animal Disease Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pullman, WA, United States of America
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Botchway PK, Adenyo C, Kayang BB, Hayano A, Inoue-Murayama M. Development of 31 polymorphic microsatellite markers for guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) using next-generation sequencing technology. CONSERV GENET RESOUR 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-9991-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Chazara O, Chang CS, Bruneau N, Benabdeljelil K, Fotsa JC, Kayang BB, Loukou NE, Osei-Amponsah R, Yapi-Gnaore V, Youssao IAK, Chen CF, Pinard-van der Laan MH, Tixier-Boichard M, Bed'hom B. Diversity and evolution of the highly polymorphic tandem repeat LEI0258 in the chicken MHC-B region. Immunogenetics 2013; 65:447-59. [PMID: 23529664 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-013-0697-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The chicken major histocompatibility complex (MHC) is located on the microchromosome 16 and is described as the most variable region in the genome. The genes of the MHC play a central role in the immune system. Particularly, genes encoding proteins involved in the antigen presentation to T cells. Therefore, describing the genetic polymorphism of this region is crucial in understanding host-pathogen interactions. The tandem repeat LEI0258 is located within the core area of the B region of the chicken MHC (MHC-B region) and its genotypes correlate with serology. This marker was used to provide a picture of the worldwide diversity of the chicken MHC-B region and to categorize chicken MHC haplotypes. More than 1,600 animals from 80 different populations or lines of chickens from Africa, Asia, and Europe, including wild fowl species, were genotyped at the LEI0258 locus. Fifty novel alleles were described after sequencing. The resulting 79 alleles were classified into 12 clusters, based on the SNPs and indels found within the sequences flanking the repeats. Furthermore, hypotheses were formulated on the evolutionary dynamics of the region. This study constitutes the largest variability report for the chicken MHC and establishes a framework for future diversity or association studies.
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- Olympe Chazara
- Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR 1313, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Leroy G, Kayang BB, Youssao IAK, Yapi-Gnaoré CV, Osei-Amponsah R, Loukou NE, Fotsa JC, Benabdeljelil K, Bed'hom B, Tixier-Boichard M, Rognon X. Gene diversity, agroecological structure and introgression patterns among village chicken populations across North, West and Central Africa. BMC Genet 2012; 13:34. [PMID: 22564251 PMCID: PMC3411438 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-13-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Chickens represent an important animal genetic resource for improving farmers’ income in Africa. The present study provides a comparative analysis of the genetic diversity of village chickens across a subset of African countries. Four hundred seventy-two chickens were sampled in 23 administrative provinces across Cameroon, Benin, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, and Morocco. Geographical coordinates were recorded to analyze the relationships between geographic distribution and genetic diversity. Molecular characterization was performed with a set of 22 microsatellite markers. Five commercial lines, broilers and layers, were also genotyped to investigate potential gene flow. A genetic diversity analysis was conducted both within and between populations. Results High heterozygosity levels, ranging from 0.51 to 0.67, were reported for all local populations, corresponding to the values usually found in scavenging populations worldwide. Allelic richness varied from 2.04 for a commercial line to 4.84 for one population from Côte d’Ivoire. Evidence of gene flow between commercial and local populations was observed in Morocco and in Cameroon, which could be related to long-term improvement programs with the distribution of crossbred chicks. The impact of such introgressions seemed rather limited, probably because of poor adaptation of exotic birds to village conditions, and because of the consumers’ preference for local chickens. No such gene flow was observed in Benin, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire, where improvement programs are also less developed. The clustering approach revealed an interesting similarity between local populations found in regions sharing high levels of precipitation, from Cameroon to Côte d’Ivoire. Restricting the study to Benin, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire, did not result in a typical breed structure but a south-west to north-east gradient was observed. Three genetically differentiated areas (P < 0.01) were identified, matching with Major Farming Systems (namely Tree Crop, Cereal-Root Crop, and Root Crop) described by the FAO. Conclusions Local chickens form a highly variable gene pool constituting a valuable resource for human populations. Climatic conditions, farming systems, and cultural practices may influence the genetic diversity of village chickens in Africa. A higher density of markers would be needed to identify more precisely the relative importance of these factors.
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- Grégoire Leroy
- AgroParisTech, UMR1313 Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative, Paris 05, F-75231, France
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Ramadan S, Kayang BB, Inoue E, Nirasawa K, Hayakawa H, Ito S, Inoue-Murayama M. Evaluation of genetic diversity and conservation priorities for Egyptian chickens. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.4236/ojas.2012.23025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Donkor ES, Lanyo R, Kayang BB, Quaye J, Edoh DA. Internalisation of microbes in vegetables: microbial load of Ghanaian vegetables and the relationship with different water sources of irrigation. Pak J Biol Sci 2011; 13:857-61. [PMID: 21313912 DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.857.861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The occurrence of pathogens in the internal parts of vegetables is usually associated with irrigation water or contaminated soil and could pose risk to consumers as the internalised pathogens are unaffected by external washing. This study was carried out to assess the rate of internalisation of microbes in common Ghanaian vegetables. Standard microbiological methods were employed in microbial enumeration of vegetables collected at the market and farm levels, as well as irrigation water and soil samples. The overall mean counts of vegetables were 4.0 x 10(3) cfu g(-1); 8.1 x 10(2) cfu g(-1); 2.0 x 10(2) cfu g(-1); 3.5 x 10(2) cfu g(-1) for total bacteria, coliform counts, faecal coliform counts and yeast counts, respectively. The rate of internalisation of coliforms in vegetables irrigated with stream/well water was 2.7 times higher than those irrigated with pipe water. The mean coliform counts (4.7 x 10(7) cfu g(-1)) and faecal coliform counts (1.8 x 10(6) cfu g(-1)) of soil samples were similar to those of stream water suggesting both sources exerted similar contamination rates on the vegetables. Generally, there were no significant variations between the rates of internalisation of microbes at the market and farm levels at p < 05, indicating that internalisation of microbes in the vegetables mainly occurred at the farm level. The study has shown that microbial contamination of vegetables in Ghana is not limited to the external surface, but internal vegetable parts could harbour high microbial loads and pose risk to consumers. Safety practices associated with the commodity should therefore not be limited to external washing only. There is the additional need of heating vegetables to eliminate microbes both externally and internally before consumption.
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- Eric S Donkor
- Department of Microbiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana
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Osei-Amponsah R, Kayang BB, Naazie A, Osei YD, Youssao IAK, Yapi-Gnaore VC, Tixier-Boichard M, Rognon X. Genetic diversity of Forest and Savannah chicken populations of Ghana as estimated by microsatellite markers. Anim Sci J 2010; 81:297-303. [PMID: 20597885 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2010.00749.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The characterization of indigenous animal genetic resources is a requisite step in providing needed information for the conservation of useful genotypes against future needs. Thus, in this study, 22 microsatellite markers were used to genotype 114 local chickens from the Forest (n = 59) and Savannah (n = 55) eco-zones of Ghana and the results compared to those of the ancestral red junglefowl (n = 15) and two European commercial chicken populations--a broiler (n = 25) and white leghorn (n = 25). A total of 171 alleles were observed, with an average of 7.8 alleles per locus. The local Ghanaian chickens showed higher diversity in terms of the observed number of alleles per locus (6.6) and observed heterozygosity (0.568) compared with the combined control populations (6.0 and 0.458, respectively). However, Wright's F-statistics revealed negligible genetic differentiation (F(ST)) in local Ghanaian chicken populations. In addition, 65% of the Savannah chickens were inferred to be more likely from the Forest, suggesting a south-north dispersal of chickens from their probable original location in the Forest zone to the Savannah areas. It is concluded that the Forest and Savannah chickens of Ghana are a single, randomly mating unselected population, characterized by high genetic diversity and constitute a valuable resource for conservation and improvement.
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Minvielle F, Kayang BB, Inoue-Murayama M, Miwa M, Vignal A, Gourichon D, Neau A, Monvoisin JL, Ito SI. Search for QTL affecting the shape of the egg laying curve of the Japanese quail. BMC Genet 2006; 7:26. [PMID: 16677378 PMCID: PMC1473198 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-7-26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2006] [Accepted: 05/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Egg production is of critical importance in birds not only for their reproduction but also for human consumption as the egg is a highly nutritive and balanced food. Consequently, laying in poultry has been improved through selection to increase the total number of eggs laid per hen. This number is the cumulative result of the oviposition, a cyclic and repeated process which leads to a pattern over time (the egg laying curve) which can be modelled and described individually. Unlike the total egg number which compounds all variations, the shape of the curve gives information on the different phases of egg laying, and its genetic analysis using molecular markers might contribute to understand better the underlying mechanisms. The purpose of this study was to perform the first QTL search for traits involved in shaping the egg laying curve, in an F2 experiment with 359 female Japanese quail. Results Eight QTL were found on five autosomes, and six of them could be directly associated with egg production traits, although none was significant at the genome-wide level. One of them (on CJA13) had an effect on the first part of the laying curve, before the production peak. Another one (on CJA06) was related to the central part of the curve when laying is maintained at a high level, and the four others (on CJA05, CJA10 and CJA14) acted on the last part of the curve where persistency is determinant. The QTL for the central part of the curve was mapped at the same position on CJA06 than a genome-wide significant QTL for total egg number detected previously in the same F2. Conclusion Despite its limited scope (number of microsatellites, size of the phenotypic data set), this work has shown that it was possible to use the individual egg laying data collected daily to find new QTL which affect the shape of the egg laying curve. Beyond the present results, this new approach could also be applied to longitudinal traits in other species, like growth and lactation in ruminants, for which good marker coverage of the genome and theoretical models with a biological significance are available.
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- Francis Minvielle
- Génétique et Diversité Animales, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Jouy, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Kayang BB, Fillon V, Inoue-Murayama M, Miwa M, Leroux S, Fève K, Monvoisin JL, Pitel F, Vignoles M, Mouilhayrat C, Beaumont C, Ito S, Minvielle F, Vignal A. Integrated maps in quail (Coturnix japonica) confirm the high degree of synteny conservation with chicken (Gallus gallus) despite 35 million years of divergence. BMC Genomics 2006; 7:101. [PMID: 16669996 PMCID: PMC1534036 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 05/02/2006] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND By comparing the quail genome with that of chicken, chromosome rearrangements that have occurred in these two galliform species over 35 million years of evolution can be detected. From a more practical point of view, the definition of conserved syntenies helps to predict the position of genes in quail, based on information taken from the chicken sequence, thus enhancing the utility of this species in biological studies through a better knowledge of its genome structure. A microsatellite and an Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) genetic map were previously published for quail, as well as comparative cytogenetic data with chicken for macrochromosomes. Quail genomics will benefit from the extension and the integration of these maps. RESULTS The integrated linkage map presented here is based on segregation analysis of both anonymous markers and functional gene loci in 1,050 quail from three independent F2 populations. Ninety-two loci are resolved into 14 autosomal linkage groups and a Z chromosome-specific linkage group, aligned with the quail AFLP map. The size of linkage groups ranges from 7.8 cM to 274.8 cM. The total map distance covers 904.3 cM with an average spacing of 9.7 cM between loci. The coverage is not complete, as macrochromosome CJA08, the gonosome CJAW and 23 microchromosomes have no marker assigned yet. Significant sequence identities of quail markers with chicken enabled the alignment of the quail linkage groups on the chicken genome sequence assembly. This, together with interspecific Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH), revealed very high similarities in marker order between the two species for the eight macrochromosomes and the 14 microchromosomes studied. CONCLUSION Integrating the two microsatellite and the AFLP quail genetic maps greatly enhances the quality of the resulting information and will thus facilitate the identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL). The alignment with the chicken chromosomes confirms the high conservation of gene order that was expected between the two species for macrochromosomes. By extending the comparative study to the microchromosomes, we suggest that a wealth of information can be mined in chicken, to be used for genome analyses in quail.
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- Boniface B Kayang
- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 52627 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 52627 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 52627 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 52627 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- UMR Génétique et Diversité Animales, INRA bât 211, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 52627 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 52627 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 52627 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- UMR Génétique et Diversité Animales, INRA bât 211, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 52627 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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Miwa M, Inoue-Murayama M, Kayang BB, Vignal A, Minvielle F, Monvoisin JL, Takahashi H, Ito S. Mapping of plumage colour and blood protein loci on the microsatellite linkage map of the Japanese quail. Anim Genet 2005; 36:396-400. [PMID: 16167982 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01335.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The objective of this work was to map classical markers (plumage colours and blood proteins) on the microsatellite linkage map of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). The segregation data on two plumage colours and three blood proteins were obtained from 25 three-generation families (193 F2 birds). Linkage analysis was carried out for these five classical markers and 80 microsatellite markers. A total of 15 linkage groups that included the five classical loci and 69 of the 80 microsatellite markers were constructed. Using the BLAST homology search against the chicken genome sequence, three quail linkage groups, QL8, QL10 and QL13, were suggested to be homologous to chicken chromosomes GGA9, GGA20 and GGA24, respectively. Two plumage colour loci, black at hatch (Bh) and yellow (Y), and the three blood protein loci, transferrin (Tf), haemoglobin (Hb-1) and prealbumin-1 (Pa-1), were assigned to CJA01, QL10, QL8, CJA14 and QL13, respectively.
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- M Miwa
- Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Minvielle F, Kayang BB, Inoue-Murayama M, Miwa M, Vignal A, Gourichon D, Neau A, Monvoisin JL, Ito S. Microsatellite mapping of QTL affecting growth, feed consumption, egg production, tonic immobility and body temperature of Japanese quail. BMC Genomics 2005; 6:87. [PMID: 15941487 PMCID: PMC1180434 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 06/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is both an animal model in biology and a commercial bird for egg and meat production. Modern research developments with this bird, however, have been slowed down by the limited information that is available on the genetics of the Japanese quail. Recently, quail genetic maps with microsatellites and AFLP have been produced which open the way to comparative works with the chicken (Gallus gallus), and to QTL detection for a variety of traits. The purpose of this work was to detect for the first time QTL for commercial traits and for more basic characters in an F2 experiment with 434 female quail, and to compare the nature and the position of the detected QTL with those from the first chicken genome scans carried out during the last few years. RESULTS Genome-wide significant or suggestive QTL were found for clutch length, body weight and feed intake on CJA01, age at first egg and egg number on CJA06, and eggshell weight and residual feed intake on CJA20, with possible pleiotropy for the QTL affecting body weight and feed intake, and egg number and age at first egg. A suggestive QTL was found for tonic immobility on CJA01, and chromosome-wide significant QTL for body temperature were detected on CJA01 and CJA03. Other chromosome-wide significant QTL were found on CJA02, CJA05, CJA09 and CJA14. Parent-of-origin effects were found for QTL for body weight and feed intake on CJA01. CONCLUSION Despite its limited length, the first quail microsatellite map was useful to detect new QTL for rarely reported traits, like residual feed intake, and to help establish some correspondence between the QTL for feed intake, body weight and tonic immobility detected in the present work and those reported on GGA01 in the chicken. Further comparative work is now possible in order to better estimate and understand the genetic similarities and differences of these two Phasianidae species.
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- Francis Minvielle
- Génétique et Diversité Animales, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Jouy, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, 501-1193 Gifu, Japan
- Génétique Cellulaire, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, 501-1193 Gifu, Japan
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, 501-1193 Gifu, Japan
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- Génétique Cellulaire, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Toulouse, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- Unité Expérimentale de Génétique Avicole, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Tours, 37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Département de Génétique Animale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Jouy, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Génétique et Diversité Animales, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Centre de Jouy, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu University, 501-1193 Gifu, Japan
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A linkage map of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) genome was constructed based upon segregation analysis of 72 microsatellite loci in 433 F(2) progeny of 10 half-sib families obtained from a cross between two quail lines of different genetic origins. One line was selected for long duration of tonic immobility, a behavioural trait related to fearfulness, while the other was selected based on early egg production. Fifty-eight of the markers were resolved into 12 autosomal linkage groups and a Z chromosome-specific linkage group, while the remaining 14 markers were unlinked. The linkage groups range from 8 cM (two markers) to 206 cM (16 markers) and cover a total map distance of 576 cM with an average spacing of 10 cM between loci. Through comparative mapping with chicken (Gallus gallus) using orthologous markers, we were able to assign linkage groups CJA01, CJA02, CJA05, CJA06, CJA14 and CJA27 to chromosomes. This map, which is the first in quail based solely on microsatellites, is a major step towards the development of a quality molecular genetic map for this valuable species. It will provide an important framework for further genetic mapping and the identification of quantitative trait loci controlling egg production and fear-related behavioural traits in quail.
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- B B Kayang
- Laboratoire de Génétique Cellulaire, Centre INRA de Toulouse, BP 27 Auzeville, 31326 Castanet Tolosan, France
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Inoue-Murayama M, Kayang BB, Kimura K, Ide H, Nomura A, Takahashi H, Nagamine Y, Takeda T, Hanada H, Tatsuda K, Tsudzuki M, Matsuda Y, Mizutani M, Murayama Y, Ito S. Chicken microsatellite primers are not efficient markers for Japanese quail. Anim Genet 2001; 32:7-11. [PMID: 11419356 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2001.00699.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Domestic fowl or chicken (Gallus gallus) and Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) belong to the family Phasianidae. The exchange of marker information between chicken and quail is an important step towards the construction of a high-resolution comparative genetic map in Phasianidae, which includes several poultry species of agricultural importance. We tested chicken microsatellite markers to see if they would be suitable as genetic linkage markers in Japanese quail. Twenty-six per cent (31/120) of chicken primers amplified individual loci in Japanese quail and 65% (20/31) of the amplified loci were found to be polymorphic. Eleven of the polymorphic loci were excluded as uninformative because of the lack of amplification in some individuals or high frequency of nonspecific amplification. The sequence information of the remaining nine loci revealed six of them to contain microsatellites that were nearly identical with those of the orthologous regions in chicken. For these six loci, allele frequencies were estimated in 50 unrelated quails. Although the very few chicken markers that do work well in quail could be used as anchor points for a comparative mapping, most chicken markers are not useful for studies in quail. Therefore, more effort should be committed to developing quail-specific markers rather than attempting to adapt chicken markers for work in quail.
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A Japanese quail genomic library enriched for (CA/GT)n simple sequence repeats was screened and positive clones were sequenced. Fifty original microsatellite sequences were isolated that consisted mainly of perfect repeats of the dinucleotide (CA/GT)n motif and a corresponding number of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primer pairs complementary to unique DNA sequences flanking the microsatellite repeats were designed to detect the repeats. Forty-six percent (23 of 50) of the markers revealed polymorphism in two unrelated quail individuals (one male and one female) randomly sampled from a population of wild quail origin. All 50 primer pairs were tested in the PCR for their ability to amplify chicken genomic DNA. Amplification products were obtained for 14 (28.0%) of the markers at the annealing temperature optimized for quail. These results provide an opportunity to begin characterizing the quail genome for the development of a genetic map for this economically valuable species and the eventual construction of a comparative genetic map in Phasianidae, which comprises a number of agriculturally important species of poultry.
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- B B Kayang
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University, Japan
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Kayang BB, Bosompem KM, Assoku RK, Awumbila B. Detection of Trypanosoma brucei, T. congolense and T. vivax infections in cattle, sheep and goats using latex agglutination. Int J Parasitol 1997; 27:83-7. [PMID: 9076533 DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(96)00160-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A monoclonal antibody-based latex agglutination test for detection of circulating trypanosome antigens in animal serum was evaluated for the ability to detect natural T. brucei, T. congolense and T. vivax infections in cattle, sheep and goats in Ghana. The test detected antigens in 180/422 (42.7%) of cattle, 27/131 (20.6%) of sheep and 14/79 (17.7%) of the goats. By comparison, the microplate-based antigen-ELISA gave similar results (P > 0.01), detecting trypanosome antigens in 41.7% of the cattle, 19.8% of the sheep and 17.7% of the goats. Trypanosomes were demonstrated in the blood of 30 (7.2%) cattle, 7 (5.3%) sheep and 3 (3.8%) goats using the buffy coat technique (BCT). Of these, 26 cattle (86.7%), 6 sheep (85.7%) and all 3 goats (100%) were antigenaemic. The most prevalent single infection in all 3 animal species involved T. vivax, and the most common mixed infection involved all 3 trypanosome species in cattle and sheep. There was no mixed infection in goats. Compared with the antigen-ELISA, the sensitivity of the latex agglutination test was 98.3% in cattle and 100% in both sheep and goats, whilst the specificity was 97.2% in cattle, 99% in sheep and 100% in goats. False positivity with the latex agglutination test was 3.9% in cattle and 3.7% in sheep. There were no false-positive reactions with the test in goats. The latex agglutination assay promises to be ideal for testing small numbers of animals under field conditions.
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- B B Kayang
- Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
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