Id-Lahoucine Samir, Casellas Joaquim, Miglior Filippo, Schenkel Flavio S, Cánovas Angela
Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Front Genet. 2023 Apr 6;14:1132796. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1132796. eCollection 2023.
Several biological mechanisms affecting the sperm and ova fertility and viability at developmental stages of the reproductive cycle resulted in observable transmission ratio distortion (i.e., deviation from Mendelian expectations). Gene-by-gene interactions (or epistasis) could also potentially cause specific transmission ratio distortion patterns at different loci as unfavorable allelic combinations are under-represented, exhibiting deviation from Mendelian proportions. Here, we aimed to detect pairs of loci with epistatic transmission ratio distortion using 283,817 parent-offspring genotyped trios (sire-dam-offspring) of Holstein cattle. Allelic and genotypic parameterization for epistatic transmission ratio distortion were developed and implemented to scan the whole genome. Different epistatic transmission ratio distortion patterns were observed. Using genotypic models, 7, 19 and 6 pairs of genomic regions were found with decisive evidence with additive-by-additive, additive-by-dominance/dominance-by-additive and dominance-by-dominance effects, respectively. Using the allelic transmission ratio distortion model, more insight was gained in understanding the penetrance of single-locus distortions, revealing 17 pairs of SNPs. Scanning for the depletion of individuals carrying pairs of homozygous genotypes for unlinked loci, revealed 56 pairs of SNPs with recessive epistatic transmission ratio distortion patterns. The maximum number of expected homozygous offspring, with none of them observed, was 23. Finally, in this study, we identified candidate genomic regions harboring epistatic interactions with potential biological implications in economically important traits, such as reproduction.
在生殖周期的发育阶段,几种影响精子和卵子生育力及活力的生物学机制导致了可观察到的传递比率扭曲(即偏离孟德尔预期)。基因与基因之间的相互作用(或上位性)也可能在不同位点导致特定的传递比率扭曲模式,因为不利的等位基因组合代表性不足,表现出偏离孟德尔比例的情况。在此,我们旨在利用283,817个荷斯坦奶牛亲子代基因分型三联体(父本-母本-子代)来检测具有上位性传递比率扭曲的基因座对。我们开发并实施了用于上位性传递比率扭曲的等位基因和基因型参数化方法,以扫描整个基因组。观察到了不同的上位性传递比率扭曲模式。使用基因型模型,分别发现了7对、19对和6对基因组区域具有决定性证据,其效应分别为加性×加性、加性×显性/显性×加性和显性×显性。使用等位基因传递比率扭曲模型,在理解单基因座扭曲的外显率方面获得了更多见解,揭示了17对单核苷酸多态性(SNP)。扫描未连锁基因座的纯合基因型对携带者个体的缺失情况,发现了56对具有隐性上位性传递比率扭曲模式的SNP。预期纯合后代的最大数量为23个,但未观察到。最后,在本研究中,我们确定了在经济重要性状(如繁殖)中具有潜在生物学意义的上位性相互作用的候选基因组区域。