Abdelmotaleb Ahmed Elokil
Professor
A genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism scan reveals genetic markers associated with fertility rate in Chinese Jing Hong chicken
Poultry Science • 2020
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Syed Ali Azmal, Jiuhong Nan, Ali Akbar Bhuiyan, Abdelmotaleb Ahmed Elokil, Mohammad Ishaque Ali, Adeyinka Abiola Adetula, Shuai Ma, Chenghao Sun, Zhongdong Han, Jingwei Yuan, Shijun Li
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Poultry Science
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Abstract
The function of the sperm storage tubules is directly correlated with the fertility of laying hens. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms regulating the fertility traits in chicken. To identify genetic markers associated with reproductive traits, we calculated fertility rate at 61 to 69 wk (51 D) of Jing Hong chickens parent generation as the phenotype and the genotype were detected by the chicken 600K Affymetrix Axiom High Density single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP)-array. The genome-wide association study using 190 Jing Hong hens showed that the 20 SNP in chromosomes 3 and 13 were significantly associated with fertility rate. To verify these results, a total of 1900 Jing Hong laying hens from 2 populations (P1 and P2) were further genotyped by polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragments length polymorphisms method. The association analysis results revealed that 12 polymorphisms (AX …