An assessment of genomic connectedness measures in Nellore cattle

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dc.contributor.authorAmorim, Sabrina T.en
dc.contributor.authorYu, Haipengen
dc.contributor.authorMomen, Mehdien
dc.contributor.authorde Albuquerque, Lucia Galvaoen
dc.contributor.authorCravo Pereira, Angelica S.en
dc.contributor.authorBaldi, Fernandoen
dc.contributor.authorMorota, Gotaen
dc.contributor.departmentAnimal and Poultry Sciencesen
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-15T13:39:22Zen
dc.date.available2021-02-15T13:39:22Zen
dc.date.issued2020-11en
dc.description.abstractAn important criterion to consider in genetic evaluations is the extent of genetic connectedness across management units (MU), especially if they differ in their genetic mean. Reliable comparisons of genetic values across MU depend on the degree of connectedness: the higher the connectedness, the more reliable the comparison. Traditionally, genetic connectedness was calculated through pedigree-based methods; however, in the era of genomic selection, this can be better estimated utilizing new approaches based on genomics. Most procedures consider only additive genetic effects, which may not accurately reflect the underlying gene action of the evaluated trait, and little is known about the impact of non-additive gene action on connectedness measures. The objective of this study was to investigate the extent of genomic connectedness measures, for the first time, in Brazilian field data by applying additive and non-additive relationship matrices using a fatty acid profile data set from seven farms located in the three regions of Brazil, which are part of the three breeding programs. Myristic acid (C14:0) was used due to its importance for human health and reported presence of non-additive gene action. The pedigree included 427,740 animals and 925 of them were genotyped using the Bovine high-density genotyping chip. Six relationship matrices were constructed, parametrically and non-parametrically capturing additive and non-additive genetic effects from both pedigree and genomic data. We assessed genome-based connectedness across MU using the prediction error variance of difference (PEVD) and the coefficient of determination (CD). PEVD values ranged from 0.540 to 1.707, and CD from 0.146 to 0.456. Genomic information consistently enhanced the measures of connectedness compared to the numerator relationship matrix by at least 63%. Combining additive and non-additive genomic kernel relationship matrices or a non-parametric relationship matrix increased the capture of connectedness. Overall, the Gaussian kernel yielded the largest measure of connectedness. Our findings showed that connectedness metrics can be extended to incorporate genomic information and non-additive genetic variation using field data. We propose that different genomic relationship matrices can be designed to capture additive and non-additive genetic effects, increase the measures of connectedness, and to more accurately estimate the true state of connectedness in herds.en
dc.description.notesWe acknowledge FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation, grants 2009/16118-5, 2011/21241-0, 2018/19463-4, and 2019/04929-0) for financial support and Nelore Qualitas, Paint, and DeltaGen for providing the data. S.T.A. received a scholarship from the Sao Paulo Research Foundation in conjunction with the Postgraduate Program on Genetics and Animal Breeding, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias e Veterinarias (FCAV, UNESP). F.B. and L.G.A. held productivity research fellowships from The Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPQ).en
dc.description.sponsorshipFAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation)Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [2009/16118-5, 2011/21241-0, 2018/19463-4, 2019/04929-0]; Sao Paulo Research FoundationFundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP); Postgraduate Program on Genetics and Animal Breeding, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Ciencias Agrarias e Veterinarias (FCAV, UNESP); Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPQ)National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/jas/skaa289en
dc.identifier.eissn1525-3163en
dc.identifier.issn0021-8812en
dc.identifier.issue11en
dc.identifier.otherskaa289en
dc.identifier.pmid32877515en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/102369en
dc.identifier.volume98en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectgenomic connectednessen
dc.subjectkernel matricesen
dc.subjectNellore cattleen
dc.subjectnon-additive gene actionen
dc.titleAn assessment of genomic connectedness measures in Nellore cattleen
dc.title.serialJournal of Animal Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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