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Márton J, Szabó F, Zsolnai A, Anton I. Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship of Angus herds in Hungary and analyses of their production traits. Anim Biosci 2024; 37:184-192. [PMID: 37641825 PMCID: PMC10766482 DOI: 10.5713/ab.23.0157] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate the genetic structure and characteristics of the Angus cattle population in Hungary. The survey was performed with the assistance of the Hungarian Hereford, Angus, Galloway Association (HHAGA). METHODS Genetic parameters of 1,369 animals from 16 Angus herds were analyzed using the genotyping results of 12 microsatellite markers with the aid of PowerMarker, Genalex, GDA-NT2021, and STRUCTURE software. Genotyping of DNA was performed using an automated genetic analyzer. Based on pairwise identity by state values of animals, the Python networkx 2.3 library was used for network analysis of the breed and to identify the central animals. RESULTS The observed numbers of alleles on the 12 loci under investigation ranged from 11 to 18. The average effective number of alleles was 3.201. The overall expected heterozygosity was 0.659 and the observed heterozygosity was 0.710. Four groups were detected among the 16 Angus herds. The breeders' information validated the grouping results and facilitated the comparison of birth weight, age at first calving, number of calves born and productive lifespan data between the four groups, revealing significant differences. We identified the central animals/herd of the Angus population in Hungary. The match of our group descriptions with the phenotypic data provided by the breeders further underscores the value of cooperation between breeders and researchers. CONCLUSION The observation that significant differences in the measured traits occurred among the identified groups paves the way to further enhancement of breeding efficiency. Our findings have the potential to aid the development of new breeding strategies and help breeders keep the Angus populations in Hungary under genetic supervision. Based on our results the efficient use of an upcoming genomic selection can, in some cases, significantly improve birth weight, age at first calving, number of calves born and the productive lifespan of animals.
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- Judit Márton
- Hungarian Hereford, Angus, Galloway Association, Dénesmajor 2, H-7400 Kaposvár,
Hungary
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- Széchenyi István University, Albert Kázmér Faculty of Mosonmagyaróvár, Vár tér 2., H-9200 Mosonmagyaróvár,
Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry Sciences, Guba Sándor utca 40., H-7400 Kaposvár,
Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry Sciences, Guba Sándor utca 40., H-7400 Kaposvár,
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Kis J, Rózsa L, Husvéth F, Mezőszentgyörgyi D, Kovács S, Bakos Z, Zsolnai A, Anton I. Association of myostatin gene polymorphism with echocardiographic and muscular ultrasonographic measurements in Hungarian thoroughbreds horses. Res Vet Sci 2023; 160:45-49. [PMID: 37267767 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.05.009] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The g.66493737C/T polymorphism of the myostatin gene (MSTN) majorly influences muscle fiber composition and best race distance of Thoroughbreds. Thus, a better understanding of this process may lead to superior genetic exploitation for maximizing Thoroughbred athletic potential. Our objective is to investigate whether myostatin genotypes are associated with muscular development and cardiac variables of Thoroughbreds. Echocardiography and muscular ultrasonography were performed on three groups having C/C, C/T, and T/T genotypes, respectively. Each group consisted of 22 animals. Homogeneity of variance between the groups was checked by Levene's test. Multivariate analysis of variance was applied to determine differences in measured variables vs. MSTN genotypes. Fascicle length of anconeus and thickness of triceps brachii muscles showed significant differences between C/C and T/T genotypes (pFascicle-length-of-anconeus = 0.004, pthickness-of-triceps-brachii < 0.001). According to the primary outcome, there are associations between myostatin genotypes and cardiac variables. Aortic diameter at the sinus of Valsalva (end-diastole and end-systole) and aortic diameter at the valve (end-systole) indicated significant differences between C/C and T/T genotypes (paortic-diameter-at-the-sinus-of-Valsalva-end-diastole = 0.015, paortic-diameter-at-the-sinus-of-Valsalva-end-systole = 0.011, paortic-diameter-at-the-valve-end-systole = 0.014). Pearson correlation effect sizes were rFascicle-length-of-anconeus = 0.460, rthickness-of-triceps-brachii = 0.590, raortic-diameter-at-the-sinus-of-Valsalva-end-diastole = 0.423, raortic-diameter-at-the-sinus-of-Valsalva-end-systole = 0.450, and raortic-diameter-at-the-valve-end-systole = 0.462. C/C genotypes gave 22.1, 12.2, 6.3, 6.0, and 6.7% higher values compared to T/T genotypes, respectively. Differences regarding aortic diameter between genotype groups support the hypothesis that C/C animals have consequently increased cardiac output and aerobic capacity.
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- Judit Kis
- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Herceghalom, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Keszthely, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Keszthely, Hungary
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- University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Üllő, Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Herceghalom, Hungary.
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Herceghalom, Hungary
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Ceccobelli S, Landi V, Senczuk G, Mastrangelo S, Sardina MT, Ben-Jemaa S, Persichilli C, Karsli T, Bâlteanu VA, Raschia MA, Poli MA, Ciappesoni G, Muchadeyi FC, Dzomba EF, Kunene NW, Lühken G, Deniskova TE, Dotsev AV, Zinovieva NA, Zsolnai A, Anton I, Kusza S, Carolino N, Santos-Silva F, Kawęcka A, Świątek M, Niżnikowski R, Špehar M, Anaya G, Granero A, Perloiro T, Cardoso P, Grande S, de Los Santos BL, Danchin-Burge C, Pasquini M, Martínez Martínez A, Delgado Bermejo JV, Lasagna E, Ciani E, Sarti FM, Pilla F. A comprehensive analysis of the genetic diversity and environmental adaptability in worldwide Merino and Merino-derived sheep breeds. Genet Sel Evol 2023; 55:24. [PMID: 37013467 PMCID: PMC10069132 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-023-00797-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To enhance and extend the knowledge about the global historical and phylogenetic relationships between Merino and Merino-derived breeds, 19 populations were genotyped with the OvineSNP50 BeadChip specifically for this study, while an additional 23 populations from the publicly available genotypes were retrieved. Three complementary statistical tests, Rsb (extended haplotype homozygosity between-populations), XP-EHH (cross-population extended haplotype homozygosity), and runs of homozygosity (ROH) islands were applied to identify genomic variants with potential impact on the adaptability of Merino genetic type in two contrasting climate zones. RESULTS The results indicate that a large part of the Merino's genetic relatedness and admixture patterns are explained by their genetic background and/or geographic origin, followed by local admixture. Multi-dimensional scaling, Neighbor-Net, Admixture, and TREEMIX analyses consistently provided evidence of the role of Australian, Rambouillet and German strains in the extensive gene introgression into the other Merino and Merino-derived breeds. The close relationship between Iberian Merinos and other South-western European breeds is consistent with the Iberian origin of the Merino genetic type, with traces from previous contributions of other Mediterranean stocks. Using Rsb and XP-EHH approaches, signatures of selection were detected spanning four genomic regions located on Ovis aries chromosomes (OAR) 1, 6 and 16, whereas two genomic regions on OAR6, that partially overlapped with the previous ones, were highlighted by ROH islands. Overall, the three approaches identified 106 candidate genes putatively under selection. Among them, genes related to immune response were identified via the gene interaction network. In addition, several candidate genes were found, such as LEKR1, LCORL, GHR, RBPJ, BMPR1B, PPARGC1A, and PRKAA1, related to morphological, growth and reproductive traits, adaptive thermogenesis, and hypoxia responses. CONCLUSIONS To the best of our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive dataset that includes most of the Merino and Merino-derived sheep breeds raised in different regions of the world. The results provide an in-depth picture of the genetic makeup of the current Merino and Merino-derived breeds, highlighting the possible selection pressures associated with the combined effect of anthropic and environmental factors. The study underlines the importance of Merino genetic types as invaluable resources of possible adaptive diversity in the context of the occurring climate changes.
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- Simone Ceccobelli
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131, Ancona, Italy.
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari ''Aldo Moro", 70010, Valenzano, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100, Campobasso, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, 90128, Palermo, Italy
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- Laboratoire des Productions Animales et Fourragères, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie, Université de Carthage, 2049, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100, Campobasso, Italy
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- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, 26040, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Genomics, Biodiversity, Animal Breeding and Molecular Pathology, Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, 400372, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Instituto de Genética "Ewald A. Favret", Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, CICVyA-CNIA, B1686, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Genética "Ewald A. Favret", Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, CICVyA-CNIA, B1686, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, 90200, Canelones, Uruguay
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- Discipline of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 3209, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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- Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus Liebig University, 35390, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, 2053, Herceghalom, Hungary
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- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, 2053, Herceghalom, Hungary
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- Centre for Agricultural Genomics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, 4032, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, 2005-048, Vale de Santarém, Portugal
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- Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, 2005-048, Vale de Santarém, Portugal
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- Department of Sheep and Goat Breeding, National Research Institute of Animal Production, 32-083, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-786, Warsaw, Poland
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- Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- MERAGEM Group, Department of Genetics, University of Córdoba, 14071, Córdoba, Spain
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- Asociación Nacional de Criadores de Ganado Merino (ACME), 28028, Madrid, Spain
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- Associação Nacional de Criadores de Ovinos da Raça Merina (ANCORME), 7005-665, Évora, Portugal
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- Associação de Produtores Agropecuários (OVIBEIRA), 6000-244, Castelo Branco, Portugal
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- Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia (ASSONAPA), 00187, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, 60131, Ancona, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia, 06121, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences, University of Molise, 86100, Campobasso, Italy
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Zsolnai A, Egerszegi I, Rózsa L, Mezőszentgyörgyi D, Anton I. Position of Hungarian Merino among other Merinos, within-breed genetic similarity network and markers associated with daily weight gain. Anim Biosci 2023; 36:10-18. [PMID: 35760405 PMCID: PMC9834658 DOI: 10.5713/ab.21.0459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to position the Hungarian Merino among other Merino-derived sheep breeds, explore the characteristics of our sampled animals' genetic similarity network within the breed, and highlight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with daily weight-gain. METHODS Hungarian Merino (n = 138) was genotyped on Ovine SNP50 Bead Chip (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA) and positioned among 30 Merino and Merino-derived breeds (n = 555). Population characteristics were obtained via PLINK, SVS, Admixture, and Treemix software, within-breed network was analysed with python networkx 2.3 library. Daily weight gain of Hungarian Merino was standardised to 60 days and was collected from the database of the Association of Hungarian Sheep and Goat Breeders. For the identification of loci associated with daily weight gain, a multi-locus mixed-model was used. RESULTS Supporting the breed's written history, the closest breeds to Hungarian Merino were Estremadura and Rambouillet (pairwise FST values are 0.035 and 0.036, respectively). Among Hungarian Merino, a highly centralised connectedness has been revealed by network analysis of pairwise values of identity-by-state, where the animal in the central node had a betweenness centrality value equal to 0.936. Probing of daily weight gain against the SNP data of Hungarian Merinos revealed five associated loci. Two of them, OAR8_17854216.1 and s42441.1 on chromosome 8 and 9 (-log10P>22, false discovery rate<5.5e-20) and one locus on chromosome 20, s28948.1 (-log10P = 13.46, false discovery rate = 4.1e-11), were close to the markers reported in other breeds concerning daily weight gain, six-month weight, and post-weaning gain. CONCLUSION The position of Hungarian Merino among other Merino breeds has been determined. We have described the similarity network of the individuals to be applied in breeding practices and highlighted several markers useful for elevating the daily weight gain of Hungarian Merino.
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- Attila Zsolnai
- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Herceghalom, 2053,
Hungary,National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, Gödöllő, 2100,
Hungary,Corresponding Author: Attila Zsolnai, Tel: +36-70-491-7824, E-mail:
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- Department of Animal Husbandry Technology and Animal Welfare, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Gödöllő, 2100,
Hungary
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- Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Georgikon Campus, Keszthely, 8360,
Hungary
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- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Herceghalom, 2053,
Hungary
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- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Herceghalom, 2053,
Hungary
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Varga L, Edviné EM, Hudák P, Anton I, Pálinkás-Bodzsár N, Zsolnai A. Balancing at the Borderline of a Breed: A Case Study of the Hungarian Short-Haired Vizsla Dog Breed, Definition of the Breed Profile Using Simple SNP-Based Methods. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:2022. [PMID: 36360261 PMCID: PMC9690546 DOI: 10.3390/genes13112022] [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] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to determine the breed boundary of the Hungarian Short-haired Vizsla (HSV) dog breed. Seventy registered purebred HSV dogs were genotyped on approximately 145,000 SNPs. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Admixture analysis certified that they belong to the same population. The outer point of the breed demarcation was a single Hungarian Wire-haired Vizsla (HWV) individual, which was the closest animal genetically to the HSV population in the PCA analysis. Three programs were used for the breed assignment calculations, including the widely used GeneClass2.0 software and two additional approaches developed here: the 'PCA-distance' and 'IBS-central' methods. Both new methods calculate a single number that represents how closely a dog fits into the actual reference population. The former approach calculates this number based on the PCA distances from the median of HSV animals. The latter calculates it from identity by state (IBS) data, measuring the distance from a central animal that is the best representative of the breed. Having no mixed-breed dogs with known HSV genome proportion, admixture animals were simulated by using data of HSV and HWV individuals to calibrate the inclusion/exclusion probabilities for the assignment. The numbers generated from these relatively simple calculations can be used by breeders and clubs to keep their populations under genetic supervision.
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- László Varga
- Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Szent István Campus, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
- Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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Elblinger E, Bokor J, Bokor Á, Altbäcker V, Nagy J, Szabó J, Sárdi B, Bâlteanu A, Rónai Z, Rózsa L, Rátky J, Anton I, Zsolnai A. Parentage testing and looking for single nucleotide markers associated with antler quality in deer ( Cervus elaphus). Arch Anim Breed 2022; 65:267-274. [PMID: 36035877 PMCID: PMC9399935 DOI: 10.5194/aab-65-267-2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To provide a cost-efficient parentage testing kit for red deer (Cervus elaphus), a 63 SNP set has been developed from a high-density Illumina
BovineHD BeadChip containing 777 962 SNPs after filtering of genotypes of 50
stags. The successful genotyping rate was 38.6 % on the chip. The ratio
of polymorphic loci among effectively genotyped loci was 6.5 %. The
selected 63 SNPs have been applied to 960 animals to perform parentage
control. Thirty SNPs out of the 63 had worked on the OpenArray platform. Their
combined value of the probability of identity and exclusion probability was
4.9×10-11 and 0.99803, respectively. A search for loci linked with antler quality was also performed on the
genotypes of the above-mentioned stags. Association studies revealed 14 SNPs
associated with antler quality, where low-quality antlers with short and
thin main beam antlers had values from 1 to 2, while high-quality antlers
with long and strong main beams had values between 4 and 5. The chance for a
stag to be correctly identified as having high-value antlers is expected to
be over 88 %.
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- Edith Elblinger
- Kaposvár
Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, 7400, Hungary
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- Game Management
Landscape Center, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Bőszénfa, 7475, Hungary
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- Kaposvár
Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, 7400, Hungary
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- Kaposvár
Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár, 7400, Hungary
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- Game Management
Landscape Center, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Bőszénfa, 7475, Hungary
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- Game Management
Landscape Center, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Bőszénfa, 7475, Hungary
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- Game Management
Landscape Center, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Bőszénfa, 7475, Hungary
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- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pathobiochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, 1053, Hungary
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- Kaposvár
Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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- Department of Obstetrics
and Food Animal Medicine Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest, Budapest, 1078, Hungary
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- Kaposvár
Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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- Kaposvár
Campus, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
- Institute for Farm Animal Gene Conservation, National Centre for
Biodiversity and Gene Conservation, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary
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Kis J, Rózsa L, Husvéth F, Zsolnai A, Anton I. Role of genes related to performance and reproduction of Thoroughbreds in training and breeding - A review. Acta Vet Hung 2021; 69:315-323. [PMID: 34739392 DOI: 10.1556/004.2021.00045] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Thoroughbreds have been selected for speed and stamina since the 1700s. This selection resulted in structural and functional system-wide adaptations that enhanced physiological characteristics for outstanding speed of 61-71 kph (38-44 mph) between 1,000 and 3,200 m (5 furlongs - 2 miles). At present, horseracing is still an economically important industrial sector, therefore intensive research is underway to explore genes that allow the utilisation of genetic abilities and are significant in breeding and training. This study aims to provide an overview of genetic research and its applicability related to Thoroughbreds.
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- Judit Kis
- 1Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Guba Sándor u. 40, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- 1Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Guba Sándor u. 40, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- 2Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Georgikon Campus, Hungary
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- 1Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Guba Sándor u. 40, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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- 1Department of Animal Breeding, Institute of Animal Science, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kaposvár Campus, Guba Sándor u. 40, H-7400 Kaposvár, Hungary
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Bâlteanu VA, Cardoso TF, Amills M, Luigi-Sierra MG, Egerszegi I, Anton I, Zsolnai A. Red and blond Mangalitza pigs display a signature of divergent directional selection in the SLC45A2 gene. Anim Genet 2020; 52:66-77. [PMID: 33316088 DOI: 10.1111/age.13031] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The Mangalitza lard-type pig breed is well known for its fat appearance and curly hair, and it is mainly distributed in Eastern Europe. Four main lines were created in the nineteenth century by artificial selection: Blond Mangalitza, Black Mangalitza, Swallow-Belly Mangalitza and Red Mangalitza. The Swallow-Belly line has a black coat combined with yellow-blond throat and underbelly. In the current work, we aimed to investigate if the colourations of Mangalitza pigs are genetically determined by one or a few loci whose frequencies have been modified by artificial selection. The results of selection scans, with HapFLK and BayeScan, and of a GWAS for coat colour highlighted the existence of one region on SSC16 (18-20 Mb) with potential effects on hair pigmentation (Red vs. Blond contrast). The analysis of the gene content of this region allowed us to detect the solute carrier family 45 member 2 (SLC45A2) locus as a candidate gene for this trait. The polymorphism of the SLC45A2 locus has been associated with reduced levels or the absence of melanin in several mammalian species. The genotyping of four missense polymorphisms evidenced that rs341599992:G > A and rs693695020:G > A SNPs are strongly but not fully associated with the red and blond coat colours of Mangalitza pigs, a result that was confirmed by performing a haplotype association test. The near fixation of alternative SLC45A2 genotypes in Red and Blond Mangalitza pigs provides a compelling example of the consequences of a divergent directional selection for coat colour in a domestic species.
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- V A Bâlteanu
- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Mănăştur 3-5, Cluj-Napoca, 400372, Romania
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain.,CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Brasilia, 7004020, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain.,Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Szent István University, Páter Károly u. 1, Gödöllő, 2100, Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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Zsolnai A, Egerszegi I, Rózsa L, Anton I. Genetic status of lowland-type Racka sheep colour variants. Animal 2020; 15:100080. [PMID: 33573966 DOI: 10.1016/j.animal.2020.100080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lowland-type Racka is an indigenous sheep breed that beside Hungarian Grey cattle and Mangalitza pig is one of the national symbols of Hungary. However, the genetic description of Racka sheep has not yet been conducted based on whole-genome screening. By using the Geneseek Ovine SNP50 BeadChip, we have sampled the genome of 126 Black and 128 White Racka sheep. For comparative purposes, we used 134 Hungarian Merinos and further 3345 animals from 81 different breeds have been included from an available database. Performance of a multidimensional scaling plot showed that White and Black Rackas represent well-separated groups among other sheep breeds and clustered separately from each other. However, the number and total length of Runs of Homozygosity was similar to other sheep breeds, except Soay. The inbreeding coefficients (method-of-moments relatedness F coefficient) of Black and White Racka were 0.147 and 0.133, respectively. Based on multidimensional scaling and admixture analyses and on comparisons of genetic distances of the investigated 84 populations, we suggest considering the colour variants of Racka as genetically differentiated breeds. The most differentiated markers between Black and White Racka highlight several candidate genes including 5-Hydroxytryptamine Receptor 5A, Insulin Induced Gene 1, Cyclin Dependent Kinase 5 and Melanocortin 1 Receptor. The results of this study help the recognition of Racka as a unique genetic resource among sheep and pave the way of application of genome screens to guide the resolution of questions arising among breeders.
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- A Zsolnai
- NAIK-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Food Science, Herceghalom, Hungary; National Centre for Biodivertsity and Gene Conservation, Gödöllő, Hungary.
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- NAIK-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Food Science, Herceghalom, Hungary
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- NAIK-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Food Science, Herceghalom, Hungary
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Balogh E, Dálnoki AB, Rózsa L, Debnár VJ, Varga-Balogh O, Rátky J, Zsolnai A, Anton I. Evaluation of porcine semen quality by portable and desktop CASA systems - Short communication. Acta Vet Hung 2020; 68:197-199. [PMID: 32894730 DOI: 10.1556/004.2020.00023] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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When using artificial insemination in porcine reproduction, one of the most important requirements is the suitable quality of semen regarding its total motility (TM) and progressive motility (PM). Computer-assisted sperm analysis (CASA) is an appropriate method to analyse the quality of semen. Recently a portable instrument has been developed to help specialists in their everyday field work. In our study, semen quality was measured simultaneously by the portable device (Ongo) and a laboratory CASA system (Microptic) to compare TM and PM values obtained by these appliances at a concentration of 50 × 106 spermatozoa/mL. Agreement between measurements was evaluated with a Bland-Altman plot. Strong correlation was found between the investigated instruments for all the three parameters, i.e. sperm concentration, TM and PM. However, a few measurements fell outside the defined range of acceptance.
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- Eszter Balogh
- 1NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, H-2053, Hungary
- 3University of Debrecen, Doctoral School of Animal Science, Debrecen, Hungary
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- 1NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, H-2053, Hungary
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- 1NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, H-2053, Hungary
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- 1NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, H-2053, Hungary
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- 1NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, H-2053, Hungary
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- 2University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
- 4Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- 1NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, H-2053, Hungary
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- 1NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, Herceghalom, H-2053, Hungary
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Zsolnai A, Kovács A, Kaltenecker E, Anton I. Identification of markers associated with estimated breeding value and horn colour in Hungarian Grey cattle. Anim Biosci 2020; 34:482-488. [PMID: 32777913 PMCID: PMC7961288 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.19.0881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to estimate effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) on the estimated breeding value of Hungarian Grey (HG) bulls and to find markers associated with horn colour. METHODS Genotypes 136 HG animals were determined on Geneseek high-density Bovine SNP 150K BeadChip. A multi-locus mixed-model was applied for statistical analyses. RESULTS Six SNPs were identified to be associated (-log10P>10) with green and white horn. These loci are located on chromosome 1, 3, 9, 18, and 25. Seven loci (on chromosome 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 28) showed considerable association (-log10P>10) with the estimated breeding value. CONCLUSION Analysis provides markers for further research of horn colour and supplies markers to achieve more effective selection work regarding estimated breeding value of HG.
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- Attila Zsolnai
- NAIK-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1., 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- NAIK-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1., 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- Association of Hungarian Grey Cattle Breeders, Lőportár u. 16.,1134 Budapest, Hungary
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- NAIK-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1., 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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Bâlteanu VA, Cardoso TF, Amills M, Egerszegi I, Anton I, Beja-Pereira A, Zsolnai A. The footprint of recent and strong demographic decline in the genomes of Mangalitza pigs. Animal 2019; 13:2440-2446. [PMID: 30947762 DOI: 10.1017/s1751731119000582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 12/26/2022] Open
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The Mangalitza pig breed has suffered strong population reductions due to competition with more productive cosmopolitan breeds. In the current work, we aimed to investigate the effects of this sustained demographic recession on the genomic diversity of Mangalitza pigs. By using the Porcine Single Nucleotid Polymorphism BeadChip, we have characterized the genome-wide diversity of 350 individuals including 45 Red Mangalitza (number of samples; n=20 from Hungary and n=25 from Romania), 37 Blond Mangalitza, 26 Swallow-belly Mangalitza, 48 Blond Mangalitza × Duroc crossbreds, 5 Bazna swine, 143 pigs from the Hampshire, Duroc, Landrace, Large White and Pietrain breeds and 46 wild boars from Romania (n=18) and Hungary (n=28). Performance of a multidimensional scaling plot showed that Landrace, Large White and Pietrain pigs clustered independently from Mangalitza pigs and Romanian and Hungarian wild boars. The number and total length of ROH (runs of homozygosity), as well as FROH coefficients (proportion of the autosomal genome covered ROH) did not show major differences between Mangalitza pigs and other wild and domestic pig populations. However, Romanian and Hungarian Red Mangalitza pigs displayed an increased frequency of very long ROH (>30 Mb) when compared with other porcine breeds. These results indicate that Red Mangalitza pigs underwent recent and strong inbreeding probably as a consequence of severe reductions in census size.
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- V A Bâlteanu
- Institute of Life Sciences, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Mănăştur 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, 7004020 Brasilia D. F., Brazil
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- Department of Animal Genetics, Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
- Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Szent István University, Páter Károly u. 1., 2100 Gödöllő, Hungary
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- NAIK-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Food Science, Gesztenyes u. 1., 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- Centro de Investigacao em Biodiversidade e Recursos Geneticos, Universidade do Porto (CIBIO-UP), Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661 Vairao, Portugal
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- NAIK-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Food Science, Gesztenyes u. 1., 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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Balogh EE, Gábor G, Bodó S, Rózsa L, Rátky J, Zsolnai A, Anton I. Effect of single-nucleotide polymorphisms on specific reproduction parameters in Hungarian Large White sows. Acta Vet Hung 2019; 67:256-273. [PMID: 31238725 DOI: 10.1556/004.2019.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The aim of this study was to reveal the effect of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on the total number of piglets born (TNB), the litter weight born alive (LWA), the number of piglets born dead (NBD), the average litter weight on the 21st day (M21D) and the interval between litters (IBL). Genotypes were determined on a high-density Illumina Porcine SNP 60K BeadChip. Data screening and data identification were performed by a multi-locus mixed-model. Statistical analyses were carried out to find associations between individual genotypes of 290 Hungarian Large White sows and the investigated reproduction parameters. According to the analysis outcome, three SNPs were identified to be associated with TNB. These loci are located on chromosomes 1, 6 and 13 (-log10P = 6.0, 7.86 and 6.22, the frequencies of their minor alleles, MAF, were 0.298, 0.299 and 0.364, respectively). Two loci showed considerable association (-log10P = 10.35 and 10.46) with LWA on chromosomes 5 and X, the MAF were 0.425 and 0.446, respectively. Seven loci were found to be associated with NBD. These loci are located on chromosomes 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 18 (-log10P = 10.95, 5.43, 8.29, 6.72, 6.81, 5.90, and 5.15, respectively). One locus showed association (-log10P = 5.62) with M21D on chromosome 1 (the MAF was 0.461). Another locus was found to be associated with IBL on chromosome 8 (-log10P = 7.56; the MAF was 0.438). The above-mentioned loci provide a straightforward possibility to assist selection by molecular tools and, consequently, to improve the competitiveness of the Hungarian Large White (HLW) breed.
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- Eszter Erika Balogh
- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- 2Department of Obstetrics and Reproduction, University of Veterinary Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
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- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1, H-2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
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Szűcs M, Szabó F, Bán B, Józsa C, Rózsa L, Zsolnai A, Anton I. Assessment of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship of Limousin herds in Hungary using microsatellite markers. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 2018; 32:176-182. [PMID: 30056682 PMCID: PMC6325379 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.18.0164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Objective This study was conducted to investigate basic information on genetic structure and characteristics of Limousin population in Hungary. Obtained results will be taken into consideration when adopting the new breeding strategy by the Association of Hungarian Limousin and Blonde d’Aquitaine Breeders (AHLBB). Methods Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship of 3,443 Limousin cattle from 16 different herds were investigated by performing genotyping using 18 microsatellite markers. Amplified DNA was genotyped using an automated genetic analyzer. Results Mean of effective alleles (ne) of the populations was 3.77. Population C had the lowest number of effective alleles (3.01) and the lowest inbreeding coefficient (FIS) value (−0.15). Principal component analysis of estimated genetic distance (FST) values (p<0.000) revealed two herds (C and E) distinct from the majority of other Limousin herds. The pairwise FST values of population C compared to the others (0.066 to 0.120) fell into the range of moderate genetic distance: 0.050 to 0.150, while population E displayed also moderate genetic distance (FST values in range 0.052 to 0.064) but only to six populations (G, H, J, L, N, and P). FST(C-E) was 0.148, all other pairs -excluding C and E herds- displayed low genetic distance (FST<0.049). Population D, F, I, J, K, L, N, O, and P carried private alleles, which alleles belonged to 1.1% of the individuals. Most probable number of clusters (K) were 2 and 7 determined by Structure and BAPS software. Conclusion This study showed useful genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship data that can be utilized for the development of a new breeding strategy by AHLBB. The results presented could also contribute to the proper selection of animals for further whole genome scan studies of Limousins.
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- Márton Szűcs
- Association of Hungarian Limousin and Blonde d'Aquitaine Breeders, Lőportár u. 16., Budapest, 1134, Hungary
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Széchenyi István University, Vár tér 2., Mosonmagyaróvár, 9200, Hungary
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- National Foodchain Safety Office, Tábornok u. 2., Budapest, 1143, Hungary
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- National Foodchain Safety Office, Tábornok u. 2., Budapest, 1143, Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1., Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1., Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyés u. 1., Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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Anton I, Húth B, Füller I, Gábor G, Holló G, Zsolnai A. Effect of single-nucleotide polymorphisms on the breeding value of fertility and breeding value of beef in Hungarian Simmental cattle. Acta Vet Hung 2018; 66:215-225. [PMID: 29958517 DOI: 10.1556/004.2018.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The objective of this study was to estimate the effect of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on the breeding value of fertility (BVF) and the breeding value of beef (BVB) in Hungarian Simmental cattle. Genotypes were determined on a high-density Illumina Bovine DNA Chip. Data screening and data identification were performed by multi-locus mixed-model. Statistical analyses were carried out to find associations between individual genotypes and the investigated quality values. Three loci showed considerable association with BVF (-log10 P = 9.5, 9.9 and 14.5, respectively) on chromosomes 9, 28 and 29, respectively. The frequencies of their minor alleles (MAF) were 0.375, 0.355 and 0.354, respectively. Two loci showed association with BVB (-log10 P = 25.3 and 22.7) on chromosomes 2 and 11, respectively (their MAF were 0.438 and 0.229). The abovementioned loci provide a straightforward possibility to assist selection by molecular tools.
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- István Anton
- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés u.1, Hungary
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- 2 University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár, Hungary
- 3 Association of Hungarian Simmental Cattle Breeders, Bonyhád, Hungary
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- 3 Association of Hungarian Simmental Cattle Breeders, Bonyhád, Hungary
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- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés u.1, Hungary
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- 1 NARIC Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés u.1, Hungary
- 2 University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár, Hungary
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Holló G, Húth B, Holló I, Anton I. X-Ray computed tomography evaluation of intramuscular fat content in Hungarian simmental cattle. Acta Alimentaria 2018. [DOI: 10.1556/066.2018.0002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- G. Holló
- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. utca 40. Hungary
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. utca 40. Hungary
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. utca 40. Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés út 1. Hungary
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Holló G, Húth B, Egri E, Holló I, Anton I. Relation to intramuscular connective tissue properties to CT-values in longissimus thoracis muscle of Hungarian simmental cattle. Acta Alimentaria 2018. [DOI: 10.1556/066.2018.0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- G. Holló
- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. utca 40. Hungary
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. utca 40. Hungary
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. utca 40. Hungary
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. utca 40. Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Meat Science, H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés út 1. Hungary
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Anton I, Húth B, Füller I, Rózsa L, Holló G, Zsolnai A. Effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms on intramuscular fat content in Hungarian Simmental cattle. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 2018. [PMID: 29531185 PMCID: PMC6127569 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.17.0773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Objective To estimate effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms on the intramuscular fat content (IMF) of Hungarian Simmental bulls. Methods Genotypes were determined on high-density Illumina Bovine DNA Chip. After slaughtering of animals, chemical percentage of intramuscular fat was determined from longissimus dorsi muscle. A multi-locus mixed-model was applied for statistical analyses. Results Analyses revealed four loci (rs43284251, rs109210955, rs41630030, and rs41642251) to be highly associated (−log10P>12) with IMF located on chromosome 1, 6, 13, and 17, respectively. The frequency of their minor alleles was 0.426, 0.221, 0.162, and 0.106. Conclusion The loci above can be useful in selection programs and gives the possibility to assist selection by molecular tools.
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- István Anton
- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyes u. 1., Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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- Department of Animal Husbandry and Management, Institute of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár, Guba S. u. 40., 7400, Hungary.,Association of Hungarian Simmental Cattle Breeders, Zrinyi u. 3., Bonyhád, 7150, Hungary
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- Association of Hungarian Simmental Cattle Breeders, Zrinyi u. 3., Bonyhád, 7150, Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyes u. 1., Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary
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- Department of Animal Husbandry and Management, Institute of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár, Guba S. u. 40., 7400, Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Meat Science, Gesztenyes u. 1., Herceghalom, 2053, Hungary.,Department of Animal Husbandry and Management, Institute of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár, Guba S. u. 40., 7400, Hungary
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Zsolnai A, Szántó-Egész R, Ferencz-Elblinger E, Dang Huu A, Jánosi A, Koppányné Szabó E, Anton I. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification based approach as an alternative to recombinase polymerase amplification based detection of Mangalitza component in food products. Acta Alimentaria 2017. [DOI: 10.1556/066.2017.46.3.15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- A. Zsolnai
- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Meat Science, H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés u. 1. Hungary
- Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. u. 40. Hungary
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- Biomi Ltd., H-2100 Gödöllő, Szent-Györgyi Albert út 4. Hungary
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- Kaposvár University, H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. u. 40. Hungary
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- NARIC-Food Science Research Institute, H-1022 Budapest, Herman Ottó út 15. Hungary
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- NARIC-Food Science Research Institute, H-1022 Budapest, Herman Ottó út 15. Hungary
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- NARIC-Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Meat Science, H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés u. 1. Hungary
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Pérez‐González J, Costa V, Santos P, Carranza J, Zsolnai A, Fernández‐Llario P, Monteiro NM, Anton I, Beja‐Pereira A. Heterozygosity decrease in wild boar mating system ‐ a case of outbreeding avoidance? J Zool (1987) 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- J. Pérez‐González
- Ungulate Research Unit Cátedra de Recursos Cinegéticos y Piscícolas (CRCP) University of Córdoba Córdoba Spain
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto (CIBIO‐UP) Vairão Portugal
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- Departamento de Paisagem, Ambiente e Ordenamento Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas Instituto de Investigaçao e Formaçao Avançada Universidade de Évora Évora Portugal
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- Ungulate Research Unit Cátedra de Recursos Cinegéticos y Piscícolas (CRCP) University of Córdoba Córdoba Spain
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- NARIC ‐ Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Food Science Herceghalom Hungary
- University of Kaposvár Kaposvár Hungary
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- Biology and Ethology Unit University of Extremadura Cáceres Spain
- Innovación en Gestión y Conservación de Ungulados S.L. Cáceres Spain
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto (CIBIO‐UP) Vairão Portugal
- Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina (CEBIMED) Faculty of Health Sciences University Fernando Pessoa Porto Portugal
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- NARIC ‐ Research Institute for Animal Breeding Nutrition and Food Science Herceghalom Hungary
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos Universidade do Porto (CIBIO‐UP) Vairão Portugal
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Szántó-Egész R, Jánosi A, Mohr A, Szalai G, Szabó EK, Micsinai A, Sipos R, Rátky J, Anton I, Zsolnai A. Breed-Specific Detection of Mangalica Meat in Food Products. FOOD ANAL METHOD 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s12161-015-0261-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Somogyi T, Holló I, Csapó J, Anton I, Holló G. Mineral content of three several muscles from six cattle genotypes. Acta Alimentaria 2015. [DOI: 10.1556/aalim.44.2015.1.4] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pérez-González J, Costa V, Santos P, Slate J, Carranza J, Fernández-Llario P, Zsolnai A, Monteiro NM, Anton I, Buzgó J, Varga G, Beja-Pereira A. Males and females contribute unequally to offspring genetic diversity in the polygynandrous mating system of wild boar. PLoS One 2014; 9:e115394. [PMID: 25541986 PMCID: PMC4277350 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The maintenance of genetic diversity across generations depends on both the number of reproducing males and females. Variance in reproductive success, multiple paternity and litter size can all affect the relative contributions of male and female parents to genetic variation of progeny. The mating system of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) has been described as polygynous, although evidence of multiple paternity in litters has been found. Using 14 microsatellite markers, we evaluated the contribution of males and females to genetic variation in the next generation in independent wild boar populations from the Iberian Peninsula and Hungary. Genetic contributions of males and females were obtained by distinguishing the paternal and maternal genetic component inherited by the progeny. We found that the paternally inherited genetic component of progeny was more diverse than the maternally inherited component. Simulations showed that this finding might be due to a sampling bias. However, after controlling for the bias by fitting both the genetic diversity in the adult population and the number of reproductive individuals in the models, paternally inherited genotypes remained more diverse than those inherited maternally. Our results suggest new insights into how promiscuous mating systems can help maintain genetic variation.
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- Javier Pérez-González
- Ungulate Research Unit, Cátedra de Recursos Cinegéticos y Piscícolas (CRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Biology and Ethology Unit, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
- Guardería Rural, Mancomunidad Integral de Municipios Centro (MIMC), Calamonte, Spain
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto (CIBIO-UP), Vairão, Portugal
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- Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas (ICAAM), Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Ungulate Research Unit, Cátedra de Recursos Cinegéticos y Piscícolas (CRCP), University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
- Biology and Ethology Unit, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
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- Biology and Ethology Unit, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain
- Innovación en Gestión y Conservación de Ungulados S.L., Cáceres, Spain
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- Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Herceghalom, Hungary
- University of Kaposvár, Kaposvár, Hungary
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto (CIBIO-UP), Vairão, Portugal
- Centro de Investigação em Biomedicina (CEBIMED), Faculty of Health Sciences, University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Herceghalom, Hungary
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- Forest Management and Wood Industry Share Company (SEFAG, Somogyi Erdő- és Fafeldolgozó Gazdaság), Kaposvár, Hungary
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- Forest Management and Wood Industry Share Company (SEFAG, Somogyi Erdő- és Fafeldolgozó Gazdaság), Kaposvár, Hungary
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- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto (CIBIO-UP), Vairão, Portugal
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Chen S, Gomes R, Costa V, Santos P, Charneca R, Zhang YP, Liu XH, Wang SQ, Bento P, Nunes JL, Buzgó J, Varga G, Anton I, Zsolnai A, Beja-Pereira A. How immunogenetically different are domestic pigs from wild boars: a perspective from single-nucleotide polymorphisms of 19 immunity-related candidate genes. Immunogenetics 2013; 65:737-48. [PMID: 23846851 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-013-0718-5] [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] [Received: 03/27/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The coexistence of wild boars and domestic pigs across Eurasia makes it feasible to conduct comparative genetic or genomic analyses for addressing how genetically different a domestic species is from its wild ancestor. To test whether there are differences in patterns of genetic variability between wild and domestic pigs at immunity-related genes and to detect outlier loci putatively under selection that may underlie differences in immune responses, here we analyzed 54 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 19 immunity-related candidate genes on 11 autosomes in three pairs of wild boar and domestic pig populations from China, Iberian Peninsula, and Hungary. Our results showed no statistically significant differences in allele frequency and heterozygosity across SNPs between three pairs of wild and domestic populations. This observation was more likely due to the widespread and long-lasting gene flow between wild boars and domestic pigs across Eurasia. In addition, we detected eight coding SNPs from six genes as outliers being under selection consistently by three outlier tests (BayeScan2.1, FDIST2, and Arlequin3.5). Among four non-synonymous outlier SNPs, one from TLR4 gene was identified as being subject to positive (diversifying) selection and three each from CD36, IFNW1, and IL1B genes were suggested as under balancing selection. All of these four non-synonymous variants were predicted as being benign by PolyPhen-2. Our results were supported by other independent lines of evidence for positive selection or balancing selection acting on these four immune genes (CD36, IFNW1, IL1B, and TLR4). Our study showed an example applying a candidate gene approach to identify functionally important mutations (i.e., outlier loci) in wild and domestic pigs for subsequent functional experiments.
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- Shanyuan Chen
- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto (CIBIO/UP), Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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Anton I, Kovács K, Holló G, Farkas V, Szabó F, Egerszegi I, Rátky J, Zsolnai A, Brüssow KP. Effect of <i>DGAT1, leptin</i> and <i>TG</i> gene polymorphisms on some milk production traits in different dairy cattle breeds in Hungary. Arch Anim Breed 2012. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-55-307-2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. The objective of this study was to estimate the effect of acylCoA-diacylglycerol-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1), leptin and thyroglobulin (TG) loci on the milk fat, milk protein and milk yield in Holstein Friesian, Jersey and Hungarian Simmental cows. Leptin and DGAT1 genotypes were determined by qPCR assay, while TG genotypes were identified using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique (PCR-RFLP). DGAT1 GC/GC cows had the highest 305-day milk yield values. Difference between AA/AA and GC/GC genotypes was significant (P<0.05). Leptin CC animals produced significantly higher 305-day milk protein percent values (P<0.05) than other genotypes in Hungarian Simmental breed. At TG locus TT cows showed the highest 305-day milk fat percent values, although differences between genotypes proved to be significant (P<0.05) only in Jersey breed.
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Holló G, Nuernberg K, Somogyi T, Anton I, Holló I. Comparison of fattening performance and slaughter value of local Hungarian cattle breeds to international breeds. Arch Anim Breed 2012. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-55-1-2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. The objective of the trial is to compare fattening performance, slaughter results and meat quality of bulls from international cattle breeds with local Hungarian breeds fattened under the same conditions. Altogether 62 growing bulls – Angus, Charolais, Holstein, Hungarian Grey, Hungarian Simmental, Charolais × Hungarian Grey – were fattened in small groups. The daily gain varied from 897 (Hungarian Grey) to 1 240 g/day (Angus). In general, the lower gain value is caused by the semi-intensive fattening system with low concentrate supplementation. The slaughter weight showed a similar tendency as final weight, there was a significant difference between Angus and Hungarian Grey. The killing out of Charolais (59.50 %), Angus (56.80 %) and Hungarian Simmental (57.84 %) was significantly higher than Hungarian Grey (55.13 %) and Holstein (55.03 %). Due to Charolais crossing the dressing percentage of Hungarian Grey was developed by about 1.5 %. The EU conformation scores of Charolais (9.50) and Hungarian Simmental (9.33) and the fatness scores of Angus (8.33) and Charolais × Hungarian Grey (7.33) were significantly higher than that of the other genotypes. The tissue composition of dissected carcass as well as ribs joint composition determined by X-ray computerised tomography method showed the lean meat of Hungarian Simmental and bone proportions of Holstein to be the highest, whilst Angus had the highest fat content. Charolais und Hungarian Simmental had significant higher longissimus muscle area in ribs joint compared to Angus, Holstein and Charolais × Hungarian Grey. Angus and Hungarian Grey had the highest intramuscular fat level of the three examined muscles.
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Costa V, Pérez-González J, Santos P, Fernández-Llario P, Carranza J, Zsolnai A, Anton I, Buzgó J, Varga G, Monteiro N, Beja-Pereira A. Microsatellite markers for identification and parentage analysis in the European wild boar (Sus scrofa). BMC Res Notes 2012; 5:479. [PMID: 22943565 PMCID: PMC3475110 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 02/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is among the most widespread mammal species throughout the old world. Presently, studies concerning microsatellites in domestic pigs and wild boars have been carried out in order to investigate domestication, social behavior and general diversity patterns among either populations or breeds. The purpose of the current study is to develop a robust set of microsatellites markers for parentage analyses and individual identification. FINDINGS A set of 14 previously reported microsatellites markers have been optimized and tested in three populations from Hungary, Portugal and Spain, in a total of 167 samples. The results indicate high probabilities of exclusion (0.99999), low probability of identity (2.0E(-13) - 2.5E(-9)) and a parentage assignment of 100%. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that this set of markers is a useful and efficient tool for the individual identification and parentage assignment in wild boars.
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- Vânia Costa
- Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos da Universidade do Porto (CIBIO-UP), Rua Padre Armando Quintas 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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Masters J, Anton I, Szymanski J, Greenwood E, Grogono J, Kelly D, Cowburn PJ. 014 Specialist intervention leads to improved in-patient outcomes in patients with decompensated heart failure: impact of introducing a heart failure team. Heart 2012. [DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301877b.14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Anton I, Kovács K, Holló G, Farkas V, Lehel L, Hajda Z, Zsolnai A. Effect of leptin, DGAT1 and TG gene polymorphisms on the intramuscular fat of Angus cattle in Hungary. Livest Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kovacs K, Fesus L, Zsolnai A, Nyiri A, Anton I. Porcine prolactin receptor genotypes and production and reproduction traits in Hungarian Large White and Landrace sows (Brief Report). Arch Anim Breed 2010. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-53-497-2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. Prolactin is an anterior pituitary hormone involved in many endocrine activities and plays and essential role in reproduction. Its receptor (PRLR) was detected in various tissues including brain, ovary, placenta, an uterus in several mammalian species (BOLE-FEYSOT et al. 1998). Reproductive performance of sows is a crutial point in pig production with significant economic importance and may be estimated with the help of markers. Porcine prolactin receptor gene is said to be a candidate genetic marker for reproductive traits. It has been mapped to porcine chromosome 16 (Vincent et al. 1997). There is a C/G SNP in PRLR gene (KMIEC et al. 2001) at the position of 203 (GAN: U96306) which eliminates an AluI cleavage site. The effect of this polymorphism on litter size in various breeds has been estimated (VINCENT et al. 1998, ROTHSCHILD et al. 1998, VAN RENS et al. 2002, KMIEC and TERMAN, 2004, DRÖGEMÜLLER et al. 2001, KORWIN-KOSSAKOWSKA et al. 2003). The influence of the bovine hormone variant was also estimated (RATNA-KUMARI et al. 2008). The aim of the study was to estimate PRLR AluI polymorphism effects on litter size in Hungarian Large White (HLW) and Hungarian Landrace (HL) breeds.
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Nagy B, Anton I, Sáfár L, Fésüs L, Zsolnai A. Association between PrP genotypes and selected growth traits of Hungarian Merino and German Mutton Merino rams (Short Communication). Arch Anim Breed 2009. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-52-613-2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. In sheep, susceptibility to scrapie is associated with the prion protein (PrP) gene polymorphism. In this study the association between selected growth traits (daily weight gain from birth to weaning and in farm fattening performance test, as well as body weight at one and two years) and PrP genotypes ARR/ARR, ARR/XXX and XXX/XXX (XXX representing AHQ, ARQ, ARH or VRQ) has been investigated in Hungarian Merino (n=286) and German Mutton Merino (n=215) rams. No significant association was found among the studied growth traits and the PrP genotypes in the Hungarian Merino breed. In case of a group of German Mutton Merino rams lamb daily gain was significantly (P≤0.05) – but in a small extent – associated with PrP genotype, which influenced the daily gain values by 9.6 %.
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Zsolnai A, Lehoczky I, Gyurmán A, Nagy J, Sugár L, Anton I, Horn P, Magyary I. Development of eight-plex microsatellite PCR for parentage control in deer. Arch Anim Breed 2009. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-52-143-2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. Nine loci have been compiled into two multiplex microsatellite polymerase chain reaction (PCR) sets (four and five loci) and used as a tool to determine the most probable hind for each calf. The two sets were suitable to combine them in an eight-plex reaction. The exclusion probabilities of the eight-plex reaction and the nine loci were 99.3 and 99.6 % respectively, which allows the routine application of eight loci in wildlife management – as a first attempt to use molecular genetic information for such a task and it eliminates multiple sample handling in consecutive PCRs. Two loci out of the nine were never been used in deer previously.
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The first results of the Hungarian sheep prion protein (PrP) genotyping programme are discussed in this paper. To obtain initial genotype frequency data 10 commercial (Hungarian Merino, German Mutton Merino, Merino Landschaf, German Blackheaded, Suffolk, Texel, Ile de France, Charollais, Lacaune, British Milksheep) and 4 indigenous (Gyimes Racka, Hortobágy Racka, Tsigaja, Cikta) breeds were sampled in 2003 and 2004, and the PrP genotypes were determined by microsequencing analysis with capillary electrophoresis. In all commercial breeds, a higher number of sheep were genotyped in 2005 (3648) and in 2006 (3834) within the breeding programme to increase scrapie resistance, and the estimated frequency data were compared to the initial figures to evaluate the efficiency of selection. The new developments arising from the identification of the so-called 'atypical' scrapie cases are also discussed.
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- László Fésüs
- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés út 1 Hungary
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- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés út 1 Hungary
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- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés út 1 Hungary
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- 2 Hungarian Sheepbreeders’ Association Budapest Hungary
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Anton I, Kovács K, Fésüs L, Várhegyi J, Lehel L, Hajda Z, Polgár J, Szabó F, Zsolnai A. Effect of DGAT1 and TG gene polymorphisms on intramuscular fat and on milk production traits in different cattle breeds in Hungary. Acta Vet Hung 2008; 56:181-6. [PMID: 18669245 DOI: 10.1556/avet.56.2008.2.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The objective of this study was to estimate the effect of the thyroglobulin (TG) locus on beef quality traits in some beef cattle breeds and to investigate the effect of the DGAT1 locus on milk production traits in the Hungarian Holstein Friesian population. TG and DGAT1 genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay. At the TG locus TT bulls showed the highest fat percentage values in the longissimus dorsi muscle (m. longissimus dorsi); the difference between CC and TT genotypes was significant. DGAT1 GC/GC cows had the highest milk, fat and protein yield values. Due to the relatively small number of GC/GC cows the difference proved to be significant only between AA/AA and AA/GC genotypes.
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- István Anton
- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom Gesztenyés u. 1 Hungary
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- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom Gesztenyés u. 1 Hungary
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- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom Gesztenyés u. 1 Hungary
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- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom Gesztenyés u. 1 Hungary
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- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom Gesztenyés u. 1 Hungary
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- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom Gesztenyés u. 1 Hungary
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- 2 University of Pannonia Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture Keszthely Hungary
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- 2 University of Pannonia Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture Keszthely Hungary
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- 1 Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition H-2053 Herceghalom Gesztenyés u. 1 Hungary
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Abstract. The genetic relationships among the indigenous Hungarian Mangalica swine breeds in farms at different geographical locations have been studied by ten microsatellite markers (S0005, S0090, S0101, S0155, S0355, S0386, SW24, SW240, SW857, SW951), in order to characterise the population and to give sound scientific basis for management practices. The work hypothesis – that Mangalica individuals form just one unpartitioned population – has been rejected. The estimated value of clusters in population is three and it is in content with the history of the breeds. The estimated distances (Ds, Da, Fst) were the smallest between Swallow-Belly and Blond, while the Red showed the largest genetic distance from the previous two breeds. This approach proves the existence of distinct populations and can be used for assignment of individuals with high probability value (in the range from 0.83 to 0.91) to the different Mangalica breeds if required.
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The effect of the porcine myogenin (Myog) 3' polymorphism on birth weight, growth rate, carcass weight, lean weight, lean meat percentage and back-fat thickness has been investigated in Hungarian Large White pigs. MYOG genotypes were determined by PCR-RFLP assay. The obtained MYOGA frequency value was 0.6275. Due to the small number of BB piglets the effect of the MYOG genotypes on birth weight was not significant; however, an increasing tendency was observed from genotype AA to BB. The growth rate difference between MYOG genotypes was significant: BB animals showed the highest growth rate values during the fattening period. Since few results are available on the possible use of MYOG gene polymorphism in selection to improve carcass and growth traits, by this study the authors hope to provide additional data on this particular subject.
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- I Anton
- Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, H-2053 Herceghalom, Gesztenyés u. 1, Hungary.
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A total of 869 litter records of 226 Hungarian Large White sows have been analysed to investigate the possible use of the oestrogen receptor gene (ESR) as marker to improve litter size. First, second and later parities have been evaluated separately. Frequencies of A = 0.55 and B = 0.45 have been calculated for the two ESR alleles and the observed/ expected number of the three genotypes were as follows: AA: 71/69.1, AB: 108/111.8 and BB: 47/45.1. BB type first and later parity sows were superior to AB and AA sows for number born alive (NBA), total number of born (TNB) and the corrected number of weaned piglets (CNW), respectively.
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- G Horogh
- Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Herceghalom, Hungary.
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Batiste-Alentorn E, Gallardo E, Balil A, Gili F, Carles J, Juan O, Nogue M, Boleda M, Anton I, Arrivi A. Phase II study of clinical benefit of oral tegafur (T), levofolinic acid (L) and megestrol acetate (M) in patients with symptomatic hormone-refractory metastatic carcinoma of the prostate (HRMCP) final results. J Clin Oncol 2004. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2004.22.90140.4677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital General de Vic, Vic, Spain; ACROSS, Barcelona, Spain
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Zsolnai A, Anton I, Kühn C, Fésüs L. Detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms coding for three ovine prion protein variants by primer extension assay and capillary electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2003; 24:634-8. [PMID: 12601731 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200390074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 11/08/2022]
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An alternative method is described for the determination of ovine prion protein allelic variants at codon 136, 154, and 171. The four mutations responsible for amino acid changes are typed simultaneously. The technique utilizes dideoxy chain termination reaction using fluorescently labeled dideoxy nucleotides. The single-base extended primers are resolved on a capillary electrophoresis instrument. Data obtained by our approach are presented according to genotype distribution in some breeds as a part of the validation procedure.
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- Attila Zsolnai
- Research Institute for Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Herceghalom, Hungary.
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Anton I, Fesus L, Zsolnai A. Simultaneous identification of two MspI polymorphisms of the porcine myogenin gene in Hungarian breeds. J Anim Breed Genet 2002. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0388.2002.00343.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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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Schmidt P, Kühn C, Kang'a S, Hanotte O, Vanselow J, Anton I, Langner C, Schwerin M. Interleukin-12 p35 encoding gene of cattle and sheep harbours a polymorphic T stretch in intron 4. Anim Genet 2000; 31:283-5. [PMID: 11086544 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00643.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- P Schmidt
- Research Institute for the Biology of Farm Animals, Research Unit of Molecular Biology, Dummerstorf, Germany
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Anton I, Zsolnai A, Fesús L, Kukovics S, Molnár A. Survey of ß-Lactoglobulin and α<sub>S1</sub>-Casein polimorpbisms in Hungarian dairy sheep breeds and crosses on DNA level (short communication). Arch Anim Breed 1999. [DOI: 10.5194/aab-42-387-1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Abstract. Beta-lactoglobulin (LGB) and the Welsh αS1-casein (αS1-casein D) types have been determined using PCR-RFLP tests in DNA isolated from blood samples collected from four dairy sheep breeds (Awassi, British Milk Sheep, Tsigaia, Lacaune), from Hungarian Merinos and from various crossbreeds (AwassixMerino) F1, (MerinoxLanghe) F1, (MerinoxPleven Blackhead) F1, (MerinoxPleven Blackhead ) F1x Black East Friesian). The following LGBA frequency values have been obtained: Awassi 0.3478; British Milk Sheep 0.6857; Tsigaia 0.5650; Lacaune 0.4730; Hungarian Merino 0.6767; (Awassix Merino) F1 0.4694; (MerinoxLanghe) F1 0.7777; (MerinoxPleven Blackhead) F1 0.5945; (MerinoxPleven Blackhead) F1 x Black East Friesian 0.6026. The Welsh αS1-casein variant was found in the Hungarian Merino breed only (4 homozygous and 16 heterozygous ewes). Plans for studies on the possible effects of these milk protein types, on milk yield and composition as well as on cheese making properties ofmilk and cheese yields are outlined.
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Anton I. [Evaluation of pediatric nursing education based on a modified "Oelke-curriculum"]. Kinderkrankenschwester 1999; 18:419-23. [PMID: 10693432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- I Anton
- Lehrerin für Kinderkrankenpflege Kinderkrankenpflegeschule der St. Elisabeth Stiftung, Wadgassen
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Anton I. [Intermediate test in the training of pediatric nurses, using the modified "Oelke-Curriculum"]. Kinderkrankenschwester 1998; 17:30-3. [PMID: 9485817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- I Anton
- Lehrerin für Kinderkrankenpflege Kinderkrankenpflegeschule der St. Elisabeth-Stiftung, Wadgassen
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Anton I. [The Oelke curriculum for pediatric nursing education]. Kinderkrankenschwester 1996; 15:303-7. [PMID: 8852129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Lardelli P, Anton I, Cisterna R, Del Moral RG. Pathogenetic role of Epstein-Barr virus in malignant lymphomas that develop in immunocompromised patients. Blood 1992; 80:292-3. [PMID: 1319238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Lardelli P, Cisterna R, Anton I, Garcia del Moral R. Epstein-Barr virus infection: aetiological role versus coincidental event in Hodgkin's disease. J Pathol 1992; 167:91-2. [PMID: 1320671 DOI: 10.1002/path.1711670115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Püschel J, Beck R, Friedemann H, Spies K, Redlich V, Neumann A, Anton I. [Screening tests in infectious hepatitis risk groups]. Z Gesamte Hyg 1976; 22:38-42. [PMID: 960808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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