Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium

Desmoglein 4 (DSG4) plays an important role in the regulation of growth and differentiation of hair follicles in mammals. In this study, a 755 bp long segment of DSG4 was screened in 544 sheep sampled from nine Chinese indigenous breeds and two Western breeds using PCR-SSCP assay with three differen...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yue-Hui Ma, Ge, Zhang, Yuan-yue, Zhang, Weijun, Guan, Qian-Jun Zhao, Hui-jing, Zhao, Han Jianlin
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2011
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/12585
_version_ 1855519695303606272
author Yue-Hui Ma
Ge, Zhang
Yuan-yue, Zhang
Weijun, Guan
Qian-Jun Zhao
Hui-jing, Zhao
Han Jianlin
author_browse Ge, Zhang
Han Jianlin
Hui-jing, Zhao
Qian-Jun Zhao
Weijun, Guan
Yuan-yue, Zhang
Yue-Hui Ma
author_facet Yue-Hui Ma
Ge, Zhang
Yuan-yue, Zhang
Weijun, Guan
Qian-Jun Zhao
Hui-jing, Zhao
Han Jianlin
author_sort Yue-Hui Ma
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Desmoglein 4 (DSG4) plays an important role in the regulation of growth and differentiation of hair follicles in mammals. In this study, a 755 bp long segment of DSG4 was screened in 544 sheep sampled from nine Chinese indigenous breeds and two Western breeds using PCR-SSCP assay with three different pairs of primers. Two of the three fragments showed polymorphisms with genotypes defined as AA, AB, BB and BC, and DD, DE, and EE, respectively. Interestingly, polymorphisms in these two fragments were in strong linkage disequilibrium. Only three haplotypes were found, of which haplotype AD determined by alleles A and D was the major one in all breeds, while haplotype BE was only found in Chinese breeds that possess divergent frequencies ranging from 0.02 to 0.43; haplotype CD was very rare and present in only one Chinese sheep. Sequences of the three haplotypes showed seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and a TTG insertion/deletion (indel), leading to five amino acid substitutions and a glycine indel. Our study provides valuable genetic markers in evaluating the impact of the DSG4 gene on wool traits in sheep.
format Journal Article
id CGSpace12585
institution CGIAR Consortium
language Inglés
publishDate 2011
publishDateRange 2011
publishDateSort 2011
record_format dspace
spelling CGSpace125852024-01-09T09:49:58Z Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium Yue-Hui Ma Ge, Zhang Yuan-yue, Zhang Weijun, Guan Qian-Jun Zhao Hui-jing, Zhao Han Jianlin Desmoglein 4 (DSG4) plays an important role in the regulation of growth and differentiation of hair follicles in mammals. In this study, a 755 bp long segment of DSG4 was screened in 544 sheep sampled from nine Chinese indigenous breeds and two Western breeds using PCR-SSCP assay with three different pairs of primers. Two of the three fragments showed polymorphisms with genotypes defined as AA, AB, BB and BC, and DD, DE, and EE, respectively. Interestingly, polymorphisms in these two fragments were in strong linkage disequilibrium. Only three haplotypes were found, of which haplotype AD determined by alleles A and D was the major one in all breeds, while haplotype BE was only found in Chinese breeds that possess divergent frequencies ranging from 0.02 to 0.43; haplotype CD was very rare and present in only one Chinese sheep. Sequences of the three haplotypes showed seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and a TTG insertion/deletion (indel), leading to five amino acid substitutions and a glycine indel. Our study provides valuable genetic markers in evaluating the impact of the DSG4 gene on wool traits in sheep. 2011-07-18 2012-01-01T17:46:49Z 2012-01-01T17:46:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/12585 en Open Access Ge Zhang, Yue-hui Ma, Yuan-yue Zhang, Wei-jun Guan, Qian-jun Zhao, Hui-jing Zhao and Jian-lin Han. 2011. Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium. African Journal of Biotechnology 10(36):6852-6856.
spellingShingle Yue-Hui Ma
Ge, Zhang
Yuan-yue, Zhang
Weijun, Guan
Qian-Jun Zhao
Hui-jing, Zhao
Han Jianlin
Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium
title Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium
title_full Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium
title_fullStr Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium
title_full_unstemmed Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium
title_short Six SNPs and a TTG indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium
title_sort six snps and a ttg indel in sheep desmoglein 4 gene are in complete linkage disequilibrium
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/12585
work_keys_str_mv AT yuehuima sixsnpsandattgindelinsheepdesmoglein4geneareincompletelinkagedisequilibrium
AT gezhang sixsnpsandattgindelinsheepdesmoglein4geneareincompletelinkagedisequilibrium
AT yuanyuezhang sixsnpsandattgindelinsheepdesmoglein4geneareincompletelinkagedisequilibrium
AT weijunguan sixsnpsandattgindelinsheepdesmoglein4geneareincompletelinkagedisequilibrium
AT qianjunzhao sixsnpsandattgindelinsheepdesmoglein4geneareincompletelinkagedisequilibrium
AT huijingzhao sixsnpsandattgindelinsheepdesmoglein4geneareincompletelinkagedisequilibrium
AT hanjianlin sixsnpsandattgindelinsheepdesmoglein4geneareincompletelinkagedisequilibrium