Zhuang Longyu, Shi Yuanhang, Shi Xuefeng, Jiang Caiyun, Xuan Lin, Luo Bingxin, Jin Honglei, Wang Runzhe, Lai Jiahui, Li Guangqi, Yan Yiyuan, Wu Guiqin, Xu Guiyun, Zheng Jiangxia
National Engineering Laboratory for Animal Breeding and MOA Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; State Key Laboratory of Animal Biotech Breeding, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction (livestock), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, College of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
Beijing Huadu Yukou Poultry Industry Co. Ltd., Beijing, 101206, China.
Poult Sci. 2025 May 20;104(8):105324. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2025.105324.
Broiler products mainly refer to breast and leg meat, and also include wings. The price of wings is relatively high, about twice that of breast and leg meat. However, in this study, the incidence of wing bone deformity reaches more than 10 %. Such a high fracture rate reduces the quality and benefits of wing products. It is necessary to study the wing bones, find the relevant gene loci and enhance the strength of wing bones. A total of 436 Cornish White chickens were used as experimental birds. The weight, length, width, strength and toughness of ulna, radius, humerus and tibia, as well as growth and breast muscle traits, were measured, and correlation analysis was performed. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed and a linear mixed model was used to analyze 39,000 SNPs from a self-developed broiler microarray. The genetic parameters of the traits were calculated. The results showed that the coefficient of variation of the toughness of the wing bone was greater than 20 %, and that of the ulna was 34.45 %. Wing bone traits were negatively correlated with feed conversion ratio and positively correlated with tibia traits and growth traits, reaching 0.8, and weakly correlated with breast muscle traits (P > 0.05). The heritability of wing bone traits was low, and the heritability of humerus strength was the highest (0.27). There were 27 significant SNP in the GWAS results, with the lowest P value being 2.263 × 10. Eight bone-related genes, represented by nucleotide binding oligomerization domain containing 1, were annotated and enriched in the guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity pathway, which may affect bone strength by regulating bone homeostasis through FERM, ARH/RhoGEF and pleckstrin domain proteins. The research lays the foundation for further improving broiler product quality and animal welfare.
肉鸡产品主要指胸肉和腿肉,也包括鸡翅。鸡翅价格相对较高,约为胸肉和腿肉的两倍。然而,在本研究中,鸡翅骨畸形发生率达到10%以上。如此高的骨折率降低了鸡翅产品的质量和效益。有必要对鸡翅骨进行研究,找到相关基因位点并增强鸡翅骨的强度。总共使用436只科尼什白鸡作为实验鸡。测量了尺骨、桡骨、肱骨和胫骨的重量、长度、宽度、强度和韧性,以及生长和胸肌性状,并进行了相关性分析。进行了全基因组关联研究(GWAS),并使用线性混合模型分析了来自自行开发的肉鸡微阵列的39000个单核苷酸多态性(SNP)。计算了性状的遗传参数。结果表明,鸡翅骨韧性的变异系数大于20%,尺骨的变异系数为34.45%。鸡翅骨性状与饲料转化率呈负相关,与胫骨性状和生长性状呈正相关,相关系数达到0.8,与胸肌性状弱相关(P>0.05)。鸡翅骨性状的遗传力较低,肱骨强度的遗传力最高(0.27)。GWAS结果中有27个显著的SNP,最低P值为2.263×10。以含核苷酸结合寡聚化结构域1为代表的8个骨相关基因在鸟嘌呤核苷酸交换因子活性途径中被注释和富集,可能通过FERM、ARH/RhoGEF和普列克底物蛋白调节骨稳态来影响骨强度。该研究为进一步提高肉鸡产品质量和动物福利奠定了基础。