Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment

Goats and sheep are versatile domesticates that have been integrated into diverse environments and production systems. Natural and artificial selection have shaped the variation in the two species, but natural selection has played the major role among indigenous flocks. To investigate signals of nat...

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Autores principales: Kim, E.S., Elbeltagy, A.R., Aboul-Naga, A.M., Rischkowsky, Barbara A., Sayre, B., Mwacharo, Joram M., Rothschild, Max F.
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Publicado: Springer 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72521
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author Kim, E.S.
Elbeltagy, A.R.
Aboul-Naga, A.M.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Sayre, B.
Mwacharo, Joram M.
Rothschild, Max F.
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Elbeltagy, A.R.
Kim, E.S.
Mwacharo, Joram M.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Rothschild, Max F.
Sayre, B.
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Elbeltagy, A.R.
Aboul-Naga, A.M.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Sayre, B.
Mwacharo, Joram M.
Rothschild, Max F.
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description Goats and sheep are versatile domesticates that have been integrated into diverse environments and production systems. Natural and artificial selection have shaped the variation in the two species, but natural selection has played the major role among indigenous flocks. To investigate signals of natural selection, we analyzed genotype data generated using the caprine and ovine 50K SNP BeadChips from Barki goats and sheep that are indigenous to a hot arid environment in Egypt|[rsquo]|s Coastal Zone of the Western Desert. We identify several candidate regions under selection that spanned 119 genes. A majority of the genes were involved in multiple signaling and signal transduction pathways in a wide variety of cellular and biochemical processes. In particular, selection signatures spanning several genes that directly or indirectly influenced traits for adaptation to hot arid environments, such as thermo-tolerance (melanogenesis) (FGF2, GNAI3, PLCB1), body size and development (BMP2, BMP4, GJA3, GJB2), energy and digestive metabolism (MYH, TRHDE, ALDH1A3), and nervous and autoimmune response (GRIA1, IL2, IL7, IL21, IL1R1) were identified. We also identified eight common candidate genes under selection in the two species and a shared selection signature that spanned a conserved syntenic segment to bovine chromosome 12 on caprine and ovine chromosomes 12 and 10, respectively, providing, most likely, the evidence for selection in a common environment in two different but closely related species. Our study highlights the importance of indigenous livestock as model organisms for investigating selection sweeps and genome-wide association mapping.
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spelling CGSpace725212024-08-27T10:35:58Z Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment Kim, E.S. Elbeltagy, A.R. Aboul-Naga, A.M. Rischkowsky, Barbara A. Sayre, B. Mwacharo, Joram M. Rothschild, Max F. sheep goats indigenous breeds environment research Goats and sheep are versatile domesticates that have been integrated into diverse environments and production systems. Natural and artificial selection have shaped the variation in the two species, but natural selection has played the major role among indigenous flocks. To investigate signals of natural selection, we analyzed genotype data generated using the caprine and ovine 50K SNP BeadChips from Barki goats and sheep that are indigenous to a hot arid environment in Egypt|[rsquo]|s Coastal Zone of the Western Desert. We identify several candidate regions under selection that spanned 119 genes. A majority of the genes were involved in multiple signaling and signal transduction pathways in a wide variety of cellular and biochemical processes. In particular, selection signatures spanning several genes that directly or indirectly influenced traits for adaptation to hot arid environments, such as thermo-tolerance (melanogenesis) (FGF2, GNAI3, PLCB1), body size and development (BMP2, BMP4, GJA3, GJB2), energy and digestive metabolism (MYH, TRHDE, ALDH1A3), and nervous and autoimmune response (GRIA1, IL2, IL7, IL21, IL1R1) were identified. We also identified eight common candidate genes under selection in the two species and a shared selection signature that spanned a conserved syntenic segment to bovine chromosome 12 on caprine and ovine chromosomes 12 and 10, respectively, providing, most likely, the evidence for selection in a common environment in two different but closely related species. Our study highlights the importance of indigenous livestock as model organisms for investigating selection sweeps and genome-wide association mapping. 2016-03 2016-03-09T13:17:16Z 2016-03-09T13:17:16Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72521 en Open Access Springer Kim, E-S., Elbeltagy, A.R., Aboul-Naga, A.M., Rischkowsky, B., Sayre, B., Mwacharo, J.M. and Rothschild, M.F. 2016. Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment. Heredity 116(3): 255-264
spellingShingle sheep
goats
indigenous breeds
environment
research
Kim, E.S.
Elbeltagy, A.R.
Aboul-Naga, A.M.
Rischkowsky, Barbara A.
Sayre, B.
Mwacharo, Joram M.
Rothschild, Max F.
Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment
title Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment
title_full Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment
title_fullStr Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment
title_full_unstemmed Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment
title_short Multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment
title_sort multiple genomic signatures of selection in goats and sheep indigenous to a hot arid environment
topic sheep
goats
indigenous breeds
environment
research
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72521
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