Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep

Sheep were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and then spread globally, where they have been encountering various environmental conditions. The Tibetan sheep has adapted to high altitudes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau over the past 3000 years. To explore genomic variants associated with high-altitu...

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Autores principales: Chao Li, Bingchun Chen, Suo Langda, Peng Pu, Xiaojia Zhu, Shiwei Zhou, Kalds, P., Awang Cuoji, Xiran Wang, Haolin Zhu, Yujiang Wu, Renqin Cuomu, Ba Gui, Ming Li, Yutao Wang, Yan Li, Wenwen Fang, Ting Jia, Tianchun Pu, Xiangyu Pan, Yudong Cai, Chong He, Liming Wang, Yu Jiang, Han Jianlin, Yulin Chen, Ping Zhou, Pausch, H., Xiaolong Wang
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151842
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author Chao Li
Bingchun Chen
Suo Langda
Peng Pu
Xiaojia Zhu
Shiwei Zhou
Kalds, P.
Awang Cuoji
Xiran Wang
Haolin Zhu
Yujiang Wu
Renqin Cuomu
Ba Gui
Ming Li
Yutao Wang
Yan Li
Wenwen Fang
Ting Jia
Tianchun Pu
Xiangyu Pan
Yudong Cai
Chong He
Liming Wang
Yu Jiang
Han Jianlin
Yulin Chen
Ping Zhou
Pausch, H.
Xiaolong Wang
author_browse Awang Cuoji
Ba Gui
Bingchun Chen
Chao Li
Chong He
Han Jianlin
Haolin Zhu
Kalds, P.
Liming Wang
Ming Li
Pausch, H.
Peng Pu
Ping Zhou
Renqin Cuomu
Shiwei Zhou
Suo Langda
Tianchun Pu
Ting Jia
Wenwen Fang
Xiangyu Pan
Xiaojia Zhu
Xiaolong Wang
Xiran Wang
Yan Li
Yu Jiang
Yudong Cai
Yujiang Wu
Yulin Chen
Yutao Wang
author_facet Chao Li
Bingchun Chen
Suo Langda
Peng Pu
Xiaojia Zhu
Shiwei Zhou
Kalds, P.
Awang Cuoji
Xiran Wang
Haolin Zhu
Yujiang Wu
Renqin Cuomu
Ba Gui
Ming Li
Yutao Wang
Yan Li
Wenwen Fang
Ting Jia
Tianchun Pu
Xiangyu Pan
Yudong Cai
Chong He
Liming Wang
Yu Jiang
Han Jianlin
Yulin Chen
Ping Zhou
Pausch, H.
Xiaolong Wang
author_sort Chao Li
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Sheep were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and then spread globally, where they have been encountering various environmental conditions. The Tibetan sheep has adapted to high altitudes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau over the past 3000 years. To explore genomic variants associated with high-altitude adaptation in Tibetan sheep, we analyzed Illumina short-reads of 994 whole genomes representing ∼ 60 sheep breeds/populations at varied altitudes, PacBio High fidelity (HiFi) reads of 13 breeds, and 96 transcriptomes from 12 sheep organs. Association testing between the inhabited altitudes and 34,298,967 variants was conducted to investigate the genetic architecture of altitude adaptation. Highly accurate HiFi reads were used to complement the current ovine reference assembly at the most significantly associated β-globin locus and to validate the presence of two haplotypes A and B among 13 sheep breeds. The haplotype A carried two homologous gene clusters: (1) HBE1, HBE2, HBB-like, and HBBC, and (2) HBE1-like, HBE2-like, HBB-like, and HBB; while the haplotype B lacked the first cluster. The high-altitude sheep showed highly frequent or nearly fixed haplotype A, while the low-altitude sheep dominated by haplotype B. We further demonstrated that sheep with haplotype A had an increased hemoglobin–O2 affinity compared with those carrying haplotype B. Another highly associated genomic region contained the EGLN1 gene which showed varied expression between high-altitude and low-altitude sheep. Our results provide evidence that the rapid adaptive evolution of advantageous alleles play an important role in facilitating the environmental adaptation of Tibetan sheep.
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spelling CGSpace1518422025-12-08T10:06:44Z Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep Chao Li Bingchun Chen Suo Langda Peng Pu Xiaojia Zhu Shiwei Zhou Kalds, P. Awang Cuoji Xiran Wang Haolin Zhu Yujiang Wu Renqin Cuomu Ba Gui Ming Li Yutao Wang Yan Li Wenwen Fang Ting Jia Tianchun Pu Xiangyu Pan Yudong Cai Chong He Liming Wang Yu Jiang Han Jianlin Yulin Chen Ping Zhou Pausch, H. Xiaolong Wang sheep genetics animal breeding adaptation breeds genomes testing evolution variants alleles gene altitude genetic haplotypes genetic control Sheep were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and then spread globally, where they have been encountering various environmental conditions. The Tibetan sheep has adapted to high altitudes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau over the past 3000 years. To explore genomic variants associated with high-altitude adaptation in Tibetan sheep, we analyzed Illumina short-reads of 994 whole genomes representing ∼ 60 sheep breeds/populations at varied altitudes, PacBio High fidelity (HiFi) reads of 13 breeds, and 96 transcriptomes from 12 sheep organs. Association testing between the inhabited altitudes and 34,298,967 variants was conducted to investigate the genetic architecture of altitude adaptation. Highly accurate HiFi reads were used to complement the current ovine reference assembly at the most significantly associated β-globin locus and to validate the presence of two haplotypes A and B among 13 sheep breeds. The haplotype A carried two homologous gene clusters: (1) HBE1, HBE2, HBB-like, and HBBC, and (2) HBE1-like, HBE2-like, HBB-like, and HBB; while the haplotype B lacked the first cluster. The high-altitude sheep showed highly frequent or nearly fixed haplotype A, while the low-altitude sheep dominated by haplotype B. We further demonstrated that sheep with haplotype A had an increased hemoglobin–O2 affinity compared with those carrying haplotype B. Another highly associated genomic region contained the EGLN1 gene which showed varied expression between high-altitude and low-altitude sheep. Our results provide evidence that the rapid adaptive evolution of advantageous alleles play an important role in facilitating the environmental adaptation of Tibetan sheep. 2024-07-03 2024-08-25T18:18:32Z 2024-08-25T18:18:32Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151842 en Open Access Oxford University Press Chao Li, Bingchun Chen, Suo Langda, Peng Pu, Xiaojia Zhu, Shiwei Zhou, Kalds, P., Ke Zhang, Bhati, M., Leonard, A., Shuhong Huang, Ran Li, Awang Cuoji, Xiran Wang, Haolin Zhu, Yujiang Wu, Renqin Cuomu, Ba Gui, Ming Li, Yutao Wang, Yan Li, Wenwen Fang, Ting Jia, Tianchun Pu, Xiangyu Pan, Yudong Cai, Chong He, Liming Wang, Yu Jiang, Jian-Lin Han, Yulin Chen, Ping Zhou, Pausch, H. and Xiaolong Wang. 2024. Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep. Genomics, Proteomics & Bioinformatics 22(2):qzae030.
spellingShingle sheep
genetics
animal breeding
adaptation
breeds
genomes
testing
evolution
variants
alleles
gene
altitude
genetic
haplotypes
genetic control
Chao Li
Bingchun Chen
Suo Langda
Peng Pu
Xiaojia Zhu
Shiwei Zhou
Kalds, P.
Awang Cuoji
Xiran Wang
Haolin Zhu
Yujiang Wu
Renqin Cuomu
Ba Gui
Ming Li
Yutao Wang
Yan Li
Wenwen Fang
Ting Jia
Tianchun Pu
Xiangyu Pan
Yudong Cai
Chong He
Liming Wang
Yu Jiang
Han Jianlin
Yulin Chen
Ping Zhou
Pausch, H.
Xiaolong Wang
Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep
title Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep
title_full Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep
title_fullStr Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep
title_full_unstemmed Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep
title_short Multi-omic Analyses Shed Light on The Genetic Control of High-altitude Adaptation in Sheep
title_sort multi omic analyses shed light on the genetic control of high altitude adaptation in sheep
topic sheep
genetics
animal breeding
adaptation
breeds
genomes
testing
evolution
variants
alleles
gene
altitude
genetic
haplotypes
genetic control
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