Genome-Wide Association Study of Feed Efficiency Related Traits in Ducks
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Ethical Approval
2.2. Samples Collection and Phenotype Registry
2.3. Phenotype Data Correlation Analysis
2.4. Genomic DNA Isolation and Sequencing
2.5. Variant Calling, Filtering, and Data Analysis
2.6. Linkage Disequilibrium Decay Analysis and Principal Component Analysis
2.7. GWAS Analysis
2.8. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Basic Descriptive Statistics of FE
3.2. SNP Distribution, Population Structure, and LD Decay
3.3. GWAS for Traits of FE
3.4. Functional Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
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Trait a | Mean (g) | SD (g) | CV b | Min (g) | Max (g) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
42 days BW (g) | 2351.83 | 314.59 | 0.13 | 1581 | 3074 |
FCR (g:g) | 2.77 | 0.34 | 0.12 | 1.77 | 3.83 |
RFI (g/d) | 24.15 | 310.86 | −12.87 | −924.3 | 941.78 |
21 days BW (g) | 989.61 | 145.41 | 0.15 | 314 | 1345 |
FI (g/d) | 3735.72 | 519.15 | 0.14 | 2444 | 5200 |
BWG (g) | 1362.21 | 226.32 | 0.17 | 722 | 1932 |
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Guo, Q.; Huang, L.; Jiang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Bi, Y.; Chen, G.; Bai, H.; Chang, G. Genome-Wide Association Study of Feed Efficiency Related Traits in Ducks. Animals 2022, 12, 1532. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121532
Guo Q, Huang L, Jiang Y, Wang Z, Bi Y, Chen G, Bai H, Chang G. Genome-Wide Association Study of Feed Efficiency Related Traits in Ducks. Animals. 2022; 12(12):1532. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121532
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuo, Qixin, Lan Huang, Yong Jiang, Zhixiu Wang, Yulin Bi, Guohong Chen, Hao Bai, and Guobin Chang. 2022. "Genome-Wide Association Study of Feed Efficiency Related Traits in Ducks" Animals 12, no. 12: 1532. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12121532