Five genetic variants explain over 70% of hair coat pheomelanin intensity variation in purebred and mixed breed domestic dogs.

Autor: Slavney AJ; Embark Veterinary, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Kawakami T; Embark Veterinary, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Jensen MK; Embark Veterinary, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Nelson TC; Embark Veterinary, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Sams AJ; Embark Veterinary, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America., Boyko AR; Embark Veterinary, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, New York, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2021 May 27; Vol. 16 (5), pp. e0250579. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 27 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250579
Abstrakt: In mammals, the pigment molecule pheomelanin confers red and yellow color to hair, and the intensity of this coloration is caused by variation in the amount of pheomelanin. Domestic dogs exhibit a wide range of pheomelanin intensity, ranging from the white coat of the Samoyed to the deep red coat of the Irish Setter. While several genetic variants have been associated with specific coat intensity phenotypes in certain dog breeds, they do not explain the majority of phenotypic variation across breeds. In order to gain further insight into the extent of multigenicity and epistatic interactions underlying coat pheomelanin intensity in dogs, we leveraged a large dataset obtained via a direct-to-consumer canine genetic testing service. This consisted of genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotype data and owner-provided photos for 3,057 pheomelanic mixed breed and purebred dogs from 63 breeds and varieties spanning the full range of canine coat pheomelanin intensity. We first performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) on 2,149 of these dogs to search for additional genetic variants that underlie intensity variation. GWAS identified five loci significantly associated with intensity, of which two (CFA15 29.8 Mb and CFA20 55.8 Mb) replicate previous findings and three (CFA2 74.7 Mb, CFA18 12.9 Mb, CFA21 10.9 Mb) have not previously been reported. In order to assess the combined predictive power of these loci across dog breeds, we used our GWAS data set to fit a linear model, which explained over 70% of variation in coat pheomelanin intensity in an independent validation dataset of 908 dogs. These results introduce three novel pheomelanin intensity loci, and further demonstrate the multigenic nature of coat pheomelanin intensity determination in domestic dogs.
Competing Interests: AJ Slavney, MKJ, TK, TRN, AJ Sams and AR Boyko are employees of Embark Veterinary, Inc., that offers dog DNA testing as a commercial service. Adam R Boyko is a co-founder and partial owner of Embark Veterinary, Inc, and ARB, AJ Sams, AJ Slavney, MKJ and TK are co-inventors on US Provisional Patent application 63/004,204. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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