Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle

In cattle, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have largely focused on European or Asian breeds, using genotyping arrays that were primarily designed for European cattle. Because there is growing interest in performing GWAS in African breeds, we have assessed the performance of 23 commercial bovi...

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Main Authors: Riggio, V., Tijjani, Abdulfatai, Callaby, R., Talenti, A., Wragg, D., Obishakin, E.T., Ezeasor, C.K., Jongejan, F., Ogo, N.I., Aboagye-Antwi, F., Touré, A., Nzalawahej, J., Diallo, B., Missohou, A., Belem, A.M.G., Djikeng, Appolinaire, Julef, Nick, Fourie, J., Labuschagne, Maryke T., Madder, M., Marshall, Karen, Prendergast, James G.D., Morrison, Liam J.
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Published: Springer 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121149
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author Riggio, V.
Tijjani, Abdulfatai
Callaby, R.
Talenti, A.
Wragg, D.
Obishakin, E.T.
Ezeasor, C.K.
Jongejan, F.
Ogo, N.I.
Aboagye-Antwi, F.
Touré, A.
Nzalawahej, J.
Diallo, B.
Missohou, A.
Belem, A.M.G.
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Julef, Nick
Fourie, J.
Labuschagne, Maryke T.
Madder, M.
Marshall, Karen
Prendergast, James G.D.
Morrison, Liam J.
author_browse Aboagye-Antwi, F.
Belem, A.M.G.
Callaby, R.
Diallo, B.
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Ezeasor, C.K.
Fourie, J.
Jongejan, F.
Julef, Nick
Labuschagne, Maryke T.
Madder, M.
Marshall, Karen
Missohou, A.
Morrison, Liam J.
Nzalawahej, J.
Obishakin, E.T.
Ogo, N.I.
Prendergast, James G.D.
Riggio, V.
Talenti, A.
Tijjani, Abdulfatai
Touré, A.
Wragg, D.
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Tijjani, Abdulfatai
Callaby, R.
Talenti, A.
Wragg, D.
Obishakin, E.T.
Ezeasor, C.K.
Jongejan, F.
Ogo, N.I.
Aboagye-Antwi, F.
Touré, A.
Nzalawahej, J.
Diallo, B.
Missohou, A.
Belem, A.M.G.
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Julef, Nick
Fourie, J.
Labuschagne, Maryke T.
Madder, M.
Marshall, Karen
Prendergast, James G.D.
Morrison, Liam J.
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description In cattle, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have largely focused on European or Asian breeds, using genotyping arrays that were primarily designed for European cattle. Because there is growing interest in performing GWAS in African breeds, we have assessed the performance of 23 commercial bovine genotyping arrays for capturing the diversity across African breeds and performing imputation. We used 409 whole-genome sequences (WGS) spanning global cattle breeds, and a real cohort of 2481 individuals (including African breeds) that were genotyped with the Illumina high-density (HD) array and the GeneSeek bovine 50 k array.We found that commercially available arrays were not effective in capturing variants that segregate among African indicine animals. Only 6% of these variants in high linkage disequilibrium (LD) (r2 > 0.8) were on the best performing arrays, which contrasts with the 17% and 25% in African and European taurine cattle, respectively. However, imputation from available HD arrays can successfully capture most variants (accuracies up to 0.93), mainly when using a global, not continent-specific, reference panel, which partially reflects the unusually high levels of admixture on the continent. When considering functional variants, the GGPF250 array performed best for tagging WGS variants and imputation. Finally, we show that imputation from low-density arrays can perform almost as well as HD arrays, if a two-stage imputation approach is adopted, i.e. first imputing to HD and then to WGS, which can potentially reduce the costs of GWAS.Our results show that the choice of an array should be based on a balance between the objective of the study and the breed/population considered, with the HD and BOS1 arrays being the best choice for both taurine and indicine breeds when performing GWAS, and the GGPF250 being preferable for fine-mapping studies. Moreover, our results suggest that there is no advantage to using the indicus-specific arrays for indicus breeds, regardless of the objective. Finally, we show that using a reference panel that better represents global bovine diversity improves imputation accuracy, particularly for non-European taurine populations.
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spelling CGSpace1211492025-12-08T09:54:28Z Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle Riggio, V. Tijjani, Abdulfatai Callaby, R. Talenti, A. Wragg, D. Obishakin, E.T. Ezeasor, C.K. Jongejan, F. Ogo, N.I. Aboagye-Antwi, F. Touré, A. Nzalawahej, J. Diallo, B. Missohou, A. Belem, A.M.G. Djikeng, Appolinaire Julef, Nick Fourie, J. Labuschagne, Maryke T. Madder, M. Marshall, Karen Prendergast, James G.D. Morrison, Liam J. cattle animal breeding genetics livestock In cattle, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have largely focused on European or Asian breeds, using genotyping arrays that were primarily designed for European cattle. Because there is growing interest in performing GWAS in African breeds, we have assessed the performance of 23 commercial bovine genotyping arrays for capturing the diversity across African breeds and performing imputation. We used 409 whole-genome sequences (WGS) spanning global cattle breeds, and a real cohort of 2481 individuals (including African breeds) that were genotyped with the Illumina high-density (HD) array and the GeneSeek bovine 50 k array.We found that commercially available arrays were not effective in capturing variants that segregate among African indicine animals. Only 6% of these variants in high linkage disequilibrium (LD) (r2 > 0.8) were on the best performing arrays, which contrasts with the 17% and 25% in African and European taurine cattle, respectively. However, imputation from available HD arrays can successfully capture most variants (accuracies up to 0.93), mainly when using a global, not continent-specific, reference panel, which partially reflects the unusually high levels of admixture on the continent. When considering functional variants, the GGPF250 array performed best for tagging WGS variants and imputation. Finally, we show that imputation from low-density arrays can perform almost as well as HD arrays, if a two-stage imputation approach is adopted, i.e. first imputing to HD and then to WGS, which can potentially reduce the costs of GWAS.Our results show that the choice of an array should be based on a balance between the objective of the study and the breed/population considered, with the HD and BOS1 arrays being the best choice for both taurine and indicine breeds when performing GWAS, and the GGPF250 being preferable for fine-mapping studies. Moreover, our results suggest that there is no advantage to using the indicus-specific arrays for indicus breeds, regardless of the objective. Finally, we show that using a reference panel that better represents global bovine diversity improves imputation accuracy, particularly for non-European taurine populations. 2022-09-04 2022-09-06T16:52:16Z 2022-09-06T16:52:16Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121149 en Open Access Springer Riggio, V., Tijjani, A., Callaby, R., Talenti, A., Wragg, D., Obishakin, E.T., Ezeasor, C., Jongejan, F., Ogo, N.I., Aboagye-Antwi, F., Toure, A., Nzalawahej, J., Diallo, B., Missohou, A., Belem, A.M.G., Djikeng, A., Julef, N., Fourie, J., Labuschagne, M., Madder, M., Marshall, K., Prendergast, J.G.D. and Morrison, L.J. 2022. Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle. Genetics Selection Evolution 54:58.
spellingShingle cattle
animal breeding
genetics
livestock
Riggio, V.
Tijjani, Abdulfatai
Callaby, R.
Talenti, A.
Wragg, D.
Obishakin, E.T.
Ezeasor, C.K.
Jongejan, F.
Ogo, N.I.
Aboagye-Antwi, F.
Touré, A.
Nzalawahej, J.
Diallo, B.
Missohou, A.
Belem, A.M.G.
Djikeng, Appolinaire
Julef, Nick
Fourie, J.
Labuschagne, Maryke T.
Madder, M.
Marshall, Karen
Prendergast, James G.D.
Morrison, Liam J.
Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle
title Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle
title_full Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle
title_fullStr Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle
title_short Assessment of genotyping array performance for genome-wide association studies and imputation in African cattle
title_sort assessment of genotyping array performance for genome wide association studies and imputation in african cattle
topic cattle
animal breeding
genetics
livestock
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121149
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