Roqiah Mahmodi; Mohammad Hossein Moradi; Amir Hossein KhaltAbadi Farahani; Mohammad Osman Karimi
Volume 22, Issue 4 , December 2020, , Pages 501-513
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the genome-wide copy number variations (CNV) in one of the sheep breeds in Afghanistan named Arabic breed, and to study the associations between these regions containing this kind of diversity with different biological pathways. For this purpose, 15 animal samples ...
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The aim of this study was to identify the genome-wide copy number variations (CNV) in one of the sheep breeds in Afghanistan named Arabic breed, and to study the associations between these regions containing this kind of diversity with different biological pathways. For this purpose, 15 animal samples from different ages were collected from their natural rearing environment in Herat province of Afghanistan and then were genotyped using Illumina Ovine 50kSNP array. After various steps of the data quality control, the genome-wide detection of CNVs was carried out using Hidden Markov Model in PennCNV (version 1.0.3) software. The results showed that all animals used in this study have CNVs in their genome. In total, 306 CNVs were observed for autosomal chromosomes. The total genomic length of CNVs was 128 Mbp and the average CNV numbers per animal was 20.4. After merging overlapped regions, a total of 286 CNVR regions were identified. These genomic regions were then further evaluated using bioinformatics tools for identifying the metabolic pathways associated with them. The results of gene ontology study indicated that many of these regions are associated with different metabolic pathways such as fertility and reproductive performance, body weight and carcass characteristics, immune system development, and skeletal-muscular system.