文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Ding, L. ¹ ; Colman, E. R. ⁵ ; Wang, Y. ¹ ; Ramachandran, M. ⁶ ; Maloney, S. K. ³ ; Chen, N. ² ; Yin, J. ² ; Chen, L. ⁷ ; Lier, E. V. ⁵ ; Blache, D. ³ ; Wang, M. ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Yangzhou Univ, Coll Anim Sci & Technol, Yangzhou 225009, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

2.Xinjiang Acad Agr & Reclamat Sci, State Key Lab Sheep Genet Improvement & Hlth Prod, Shihezi 832000, Peoples R China

3.Univ Western Australia, UWA Inst Agr, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

4.Univ Western Australia, Sch Agr & Environm, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

5.Univ Republica, Fac Agron, Montevideo 12900, Uruguay

6.Univ Western Australia, Sch Human Sci, Perth, WA 6009, Australia

7.Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Suzhou Hosp, Suzhou Municipal Hosp, Cardiovasc Res Ctr,Gusu Sch, Suzhou 215008, Peoples R China

8.Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Peoples R China

关键词： Candidate genes; Genotyping; Merino sheep; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Temperament breeding

期刊名称：ANIMAL （ 影响因子：4.2； 五年影响因子：4.2 ）

ISSN： 1751-7311

年卷期： 2024 年 18 卷 11 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Animal temperament refers to the inherent behavioural and emotional characteristics of an animal, influencing how it interacts with its environment. The selection of sheep for temperament can change the temperament traits of the selected line and improve the welfare and production (reproduction, growth, immunity) of those animals. To understand the genetics that underly variation in temperament in sheep, and how selection on temperament can affect other production traits, a genome-wide association study was carried out. Merino sheep from lines selected for traits of calm and nervous temperament, and a commercial population, on which the temperament traits had never been assessed, were used. Blood samples from the three populations were genotyped using an Illumina GGP Ovine 50 K Genotyping BeadChip. The calm and nervous populations in the selected lines presented as distinct genetic populations, and 2 729 of the 45 761 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) had significantly different proportions between the two lines. Of those 2 729 SNPs, 2 084 were also associated with temperament traits in the commercial population. A genomic annotation identified 81 candidate genes for temperament, nearly half of which are associated with disorders of social behaviour in humans. Five of those 81 candidate genes are related to production traits in sheep. Two genes were associated with personality disorders in humans and with production traits in sheep. We identified significant enrichment in genes involved in nervous system processes such as the regulation of systemic arterial blood pressure, ventricular myocyte action, multicellular organismal signalling, ion transmembrane transport, and calcium ion binding, suggesting that temperament is underpinned by variation in multiple biological systems. Our results contribute to understanding of the genetic basis of animal temperament which could be applied to the genetic evaluation of temperament in sheep and other farm animals. (c) 2024 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of The Animal Consortium. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).