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Identification and management of alleles impairing heifer fertility while optimizing genetic gain in cattle. USDA-NIFA Award #2013-68004-20364. JF Taylor, DS Brown, MF Smith, RD Schnabel, SE Poock, JE Decker, FD Dailey, and DJ Patterson University of Missouri AL Van Eenennaam - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ALLELES IMPAIRING HEIFER FERTILITY WHILE OPTIMIZING
GENETIC GAIN IN CATTLEJF Taylor, DS Brown, MF Smith, RD
Schnabel, SE Poock, JE Decker, FD Dailey, and DJ
PattersonUniversity of Missouri
AL Van EenennaamUniversity of California, Davis
MM RolfOklahoma State University
BP KinghornUniversity of New England, NSW,
Australia
MD MacNeilMiles City, MT
USDA-NIFA Award #2013-68004-20364
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Broken Genes… ~100 genes
where one copy is functional and the other is broken
~20 genes where the broken copy is a lethal mutation
Called Loss of Function mutations
2Science Vol. 335 no. 6070 pp. 823-828 DOI: 10.1126/science.1215040
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Broken Genes…
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Broken Genes…
What happens when a broken gene is inherited from the father and the mother? Genetic abnormality Spontaneous abortion
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Broken Genes…
Inconvenient Genetic Truth Everybody has genetic defects!!!
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Even the most
beautiful people in the world
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Broken Genes…
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Broken Genes…
What happens when a broken gene is inherited from the sire and the dam? Genetic abnormality Spontaneous abortion
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Broken Genes… Some we know about Some we don’t
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KNOWN
Even the most
beautiful cattle in the world
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Genetic Defects
There are more than 35 genetic defects in cattle with a DNA test
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Silver Lining
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Silver Lining
DNA tests can now be developed in a few months
With DNA tests available, frequency of the known genetic defect rapidly decreases
Now we can manage genetic defects
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The Truth
The Truth: Every Living Thing Is A Genetic Defect Carrier
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What to do before breeding
Test at-risk breeding stock for genetic defects Do we know the pedigree of the
animals? Are there carriers in the pedigree?
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What to Do with an Abnormal Calf
Take a picture or video of affected calves
Freeze the entire animal if possible, otherwise preserve the abnormal body part
Obtain 40 hair bulbs from the calf, dam, and sire
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What to Do with an Abnormal Calf
Create a documented record of what happened
Breeders should contact their breed association and local veterinarian
Need intensive description of phenotype
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Broken Genes…
What happens when a broken gene is inherited from the sire and the dam? Genetic abnormalitySpontaneous abortion
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DNA Sequencing
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Variants Reducing Fertility
We will be sequencing 150 sires from 9 different breeds
We will discover hundreds of broken genes
Most embryonic lethals
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Variants Reducing Fertility
Sequencing completed to date:
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Angus 45Hereford 9Limousin 10Beefmaster 9
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Variants reducing Fertility
We have already analyzed the genomes of 11 bulls
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Variants reducing Fertility
We have already analyzed the genomes of 11 bulls
Identified 176 possibly lethal alleles
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Validation
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Validation
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Genomic Prediction
Predictions are sums of marker effects
For lethal mutations Homozygous normal: effect is 0 Heterozygous lethal: effect is -qif
Allows publication of a fertility EPD
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Mate Selection Software
Avoid mating carriers of the same lethal mutation
Will also manage Genetic merit Genetic diversity
Built upon economic selection indexes
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The Old Paradigm
See abnormal calf Bury calf
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The Current Paradigm
Report abnormal calves Collect data Create a test Manage the defect
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The Genomics Paradigm?
Sequence influential AI sires Create tests for LOF mutations Manage the mutations while
accounting for overall genetic merit
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Optimal practices
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Thank You!
Questions?http://steakgenomics.blogspot.com