Identification of quantitative trait loci for milk yield in Murrah buffaloes

UPASNA SHARMA; PRIYANKA BANERJEE; JYOTI JOSHI; PRERNA KAPOOR; RAMESH KUMAR VIJH

doi:10.56093/ijans.v88i5.79972

Authors

UPASNA SHARMA Research Associate, ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
PRIYANKA BANERJEE Post Doctoral Fellow, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Kobenhavn, Denmark
JYOTI JOSHI Post Doctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
PRERNA KAPOOR Senior Research Fellow, ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India
RAMESH KUMAR VIJH Principal Scientist, Animal Genetics Division, ICAR-National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal, Haryana 132 001 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v88i5.79972

Keywords:

Buffaloes, MetaQTL analysis, Microsatellite, Milk yield, Quantitative trait loci (QTL), Reference family

Abstract

A reference family consisting of 12 half sib sire families were created for the identification of QTLs for milk yield in buffaloes. Daughters were recorded for monthly test day milk yield. The number of daughters per sire varied from 50 to 335 daughters per sire. Seventy nine polymorphic microsatellite markers located on 8 chromosomes were genotyped for 2281 daughters of the 12 sires. Whole chromosome scanning was done using single marker analysis and interval mapping using three different algorithms. The analysis was carried out sire family wise. QTLs (63) were identified in single marker analysis and 32 QTLs were identified using interval mapping. The significance of LOD score was tested using permutation tests. The metaQTL analysis was carried out to find out the consensus chromosomal regions associated with milk yield in buffaloes. Five models were utilised and the best was selected on the basis of Akaike Information content. Total 23 chromosomal regions were identified for milk yield in buffaloes. 2 metaQTL chromosomal regions were identified on buffalo chromosome BBU2q; 3 metaQTLs each on buffalo chromosomes BBU8, BBU10 and BBU15 and 4 metaQTL regions each on BBU1q, BBU6, BBU9.

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