Genome-wide association analysis reveal the genetic reasons affect melanin spot accumulation in beak skin of ducks

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第一作者： Liu, Hehe

作者： Liu, Hehe;Hu, Jian;Guo, Zhanbao;Fan, Wenlei;Xu, Yaxi;Liu, Dapeng;Zhang, Yunsheng;Xie, Ming;Tang, Jing;Huang, Wei;Zhang, Qi;Zhou, Zhengkui;Hou, Shuisheng;Liu, Hehe;Hu, Jian;Guo, Zhanbao;Fan, Wenlei;Xu, Yaxi;Liu, Dapeng;Zhang, Yunsheng;Xie, Ming;Tang, Jing;Huang, Wei;Zhang, Qi;Zhou, Zhengkui;Hou, Shuisheng;Liu, Hehe;Wang, Jianmei;Wang, Lei

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关键词： Beak skin melanin spot; Duck; GWAS; Genetic

期刊名称：BMC GENOMICS （ 影响因子：4.547； 五年影响因子：4.931 ）

ISSN： 1471-2164

年卷期： 2022 年 23 卷 1 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Background Skin pigmentation is a broadly appearing phenomenon of most animals and humans in nature. Here we used a bird model to investigate why melanin spot deposits on the skin. Results Our result showed that growth age and the sunlight might induce melanin deposition in bird beak skin which was determined by genetic factors. GWAS helped us to identify two major loci affecting melanin deposition, located on chromosomes 13 and 25, respectively. The fine mapping works narrowed the candidate regions to 0.98 Mb and 1.0 Mb on chromosomes 13 and 25. The MITF and POU2F3 may be the causative genes and synergistically affect melanin deposition during duck beak skin. Furthermore, our data strongly demonstrated that the pathway of melanin metabolism contributes to melanin deposition on the skin. Conclusions We demonstrated that age and sunlight induce melanin deposition in bird beak skin, while heredity is fundamental. The MITF and POU2F3 likely played a synergistic effect on the regulation of melanin synthesis, and their mutations contribute to phenotypic differences in beak melanin deposition among individuals. It is pointed out that melanin deposition in the skin is related to the pathway of melanin metabolism, which provided insights into the molecular regulatory mechanisms and the genetic improvement of the melanin deposition in duck beak.

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