Mapping and Expression of Candidate Genes for Development Rate in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
| Autor: | Matthew Harmon, Gary H. Thorgaard, Krista M. Nichols, Julie Scardina, Caird E. Rexroad, Megan Carter, Ruth B. Phillips, Scott A. Gahr, Matthew C. Hale, Frank P. Thrower, John A. Colletti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Candidate gene
Genotype Genetic Linkage Quantitative Trait Loci Quantitative trait locus Biology Polymorphism Single Nucleotide Gene expression Genetics Animals Allele Molecular Biology Gene Alleles Genetics (clinical) Gene map Chromosome Mapping Genetic Variation Quantitative genetics Genetics Population Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow trout Genetic Fitness Alaska Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Heredity. 105:506-520 |
| ISSN: | 1465-7333 0022-1503 |
| Popis: | Development rate has important implications for individual fitness and physiology. In salmonid fishes, development rate cor relates with many traits later in life, including life-history diversity, growth, and age and size at sexual maturation. In rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), a quantitative trait locus for embryonic development rate has been detected on chromosome 5 across populations. However, few candidate genes have been identified within this region. In this study, we use gene map ping, gene expression, and quantitative genetic methods to further identify the genetic basis of embryonic developmental rate in O. mykiss. Among the genes located in the region of the major development rate quantitative trait locus (GHR1, Clock1a, Myd118-1, and their paralogs), all were expressed early in embryonic development (fertilization through hatch), but none were differentially expressed between individuals with the fast- or slow-developing alleles for a major embryonic development rate quantitative trait locus. In a follow-up study of migratory and resident rainbow trout from natural populations in Alaska, we found significant additive variation in development rate and, moreover, found associations between development rate and allelic variation in all 3 candidate genes within the quantitative trait locus for embryonic development. The mapping of these genes to this region and associations in multiple populations provide positional candidates for further study of their roles in growth, development, and life-history diversity in this model salmonid. |
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