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Landscape genomics and pathway analysis to understand genetic adaptation of South African indigenous goat populations.
Mdladla, K; Dzomba, E F; Muchadeyi, F C.
Afiliação
  • Mdladla K; Biotechnology Platform, Agricultural Research Council, Private Bag X5, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa.
  • Dzomba EF; Discipline of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa.
  • Muchadeyi FC; Discipline of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa.
Heredity (Edinb) ; 120(4): 369-378, 2018 04.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29422506
ABSTRACT
In Africa, extensively raised livestock populations in most smallholder farming communities are exposed to harsh and heterogeneous climatic conditions and disease pathogens that they adapt to in order to survive. Majority of these livestock species, including goats, are of non-descript and uncharacterized breeds and their response to natural selection presented by heterogeneous environments is still unresolved. This study investigated genetic diversity and its association with environmental and geographic conditions in 194 South African indigenous goats from different geographic locations genotyped on the Illumina goat SNP50K panel. Population structure analysis revealed a homogeneous genetic cluster of the Tankwa goats, restricted to the Northern Cape province. Overall, the Boer, Kalahari Red, and Savanna showed a wide geographic spread of shared genetic components, whereas the village ecotypes revealed a longitudinal distribution. The relative importance of environmental factors on genetic variation of goat populations was assessed using redundancy analysis (RDA). Climatic and geographic variables explained 22% of the total variation while climatic variables alone accounted for 17% of the diversity. Geographic variables solitarily explained 1% of the total variation. The first axis (Model I) of the RDA analysis revealed 329 outlier SNPs. Landscape genomic approaches of spatial analysis method (SAM) identified a total of 843 (1.75%) SNPs, while latent factor mixed models (LFMM) identified 714 (1.48%) SNPs significantly associated with environmental variables. Significant markers were within genes involved in biological functions potentially important for environmental adaptation. Overall, the study suggested environmental factors to have some effect in shaping the genetic variation of South African indigenous goat populations. Loci observed to be significant and under selection may be responsible for the adaption of the goat populations to local production systems.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cabras / Adaptação Fisiológica / Genética Populacional Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Heredity (Edinb) Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Cabras / Adaptação Fisiológica / Genética Populacional Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals País/Região como assunto: Africa Idioma: En Revista: Heredity (Edinb) Ano de publicação: 2018 Tipo de documento: Article