QTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn Chickens

Meat color traits have economic importance and are regulated by multiple genetic loci (quantitative trait loci: QTLs), environmental factors, and their interactions. Using an F2 intercross population between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn chickens, QTL analysis based on the Ba...

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Main Authors: Minori Yoshida, Akira Ishikawa, Tatsuhiko Goto, Naoki Goto, Masahide Nishibori, Masaoki Tsudzuki
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Published: Japan Poultry Science Association 2013-07-01
Series:The Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/50/3/50_0120189/_pdf/-char/en
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author Minori Yoshida
Akira Ishikawa
Tatsuhiko Goto
Naoki Goto
Masahide Nishibori
Masaoki Tsudzuki
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Akira Ishikawa
Tatsuhiko Goto
Naoki Goto
Masahide Nishibori
Masaoki Tsudzuki
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description Meat color traits have economic importance and are regulated by multiple genetic loci (quantitative trait loci: QTLs), environmental factors, and their interactions. Using an F2 intercross population between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn chickens, QTL analysis based on the Bayesian model was performed for meat color traits. A total of 280 F2 individuals at 20 weeks of age were genotyped for 88 microsatellite markers covering 21 autosomes. As a result, nine QTLs (two on chromosome 1, two on chromosome 2, and one each on chromosomes 3, 7, 9, 17, and 24) were detected for L* (lightness), a* (redness), and b* (yellowness) values in the breast and thigh muscles. Some QTLs had a single genetic effect only on a meat color trait, however some QTLs exhibited plural genetic effects on the same and/or different traits. For example, the chromosome 3 QTL for the b* value in the raw breast muscle had main, sex-specific, and epistatic-interaction effects on the same trait, and furthermore it had an epistatic effect on a different trait (L* value in the minced thigh muscle). The chromosome 7 QTL had a sex-specific effect on the a* value in raw breast muscle and also had an epistatic effect on a different trait (b* value in the minced thigh muscle). These results clearly indicated that the genetic control of meat color is complex. In addition, this is the first report of QTL mapping focused on the epistatic interaction for meat color traits in chickens.
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spelling doaj.art-a695ea6814d64b7eab08d0606079623b2023-05-31T01:26:12ZengJapan Poultry Science AssociationThe Journal of Poultry Science1346-73951349-04862013-07-0150319820510.2141/jpsa.0120189jpsaQTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn ChickensMinori Yoshida0Akira Ishikawa1Tatsuhiko Goto2Naoki Goto3Masahide Nishibori4Masaoki Tsudzuki5Laboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, JapanLaboratory of Animal Genetics, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, JapanLaboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, JapanLaboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, JapanLaboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, JapanLaboratory of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, JapanMeat color traits have economic importance and are regulated by multiple genetic loci (quantitative trait loci: QTLs), environmental factors, and their interactions. Using an F2 intercross population between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn chickens, QTL analysis based on the Bayesian model was performed for meat color traits. A total of 280 F2 individuals at 20 weeks of age were genotyped for 88 microsatellite markers covering 21 autosomes. As a result, nine QTLs (two on chromosome 1, two on chromosome 2, and one each on chromosomes 3, 7, 9, 17, and 24) were detected for L* (lightness), a* (redness), and b* (yellowness) values in the breast and thigh muscles. Some QTLs had a single genetic effect only on a meat color trait, however some QTLs exhibited plural genetic effects on the same and/or different traits. For example, the chromosome 3 QTL for the b* value in the raw breast muscle had main, sex-specific, and epistatic-interaction effects on the same trait, and furthermore it had an epistatic effect on a different trait (L* value in the minced thigh muscle). The chromosome 7 QTL had a sex-specific effect on the a* value in raw breast muscle and also had an epistatic effect on a different trait (b* value in the minced thigh muscle). These results clearly indicated that the genetic control of meat color is complex. In addition, this is the first report of QTL mapping focused on the epistatic interaction for meat color traits in chickens.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/50/3/50_0120189/_pdf/-char/enbayesian modelchickenepistatic interactionmeat colorquantitative trait loci
spellingShingle Minori Yoshida
Akira Ishikawa
Tatsuhiko Goto
Naoki Goto
Masahide Nishibori
Masaoki Tsudzuki
QTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn Chickens
The Journal of Poultry Science
bayesian model
chicken
epistatic interaction
meat color
quantitative trait loci
title QTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn Chickens
title_full QTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn Chickens
title_fullStr QTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn Chickens
title_full_unstemmed QTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn Chickens
title_short QTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn Chickens
title_sort qtl mapping for meat color traits using the f2 intercross between the oh shamo japanese large game and white leghorn chickens
topic bayesian model
chicken
epistatic interaction
meat color
quantitative trait loci
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/50/3/50_0120189/_pdf/-char/en
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