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Titre : |
Using genomic information to conserve genetic diversity in livestock
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Auteur(s) : |
Sonia Eynard, Auteur (et co-auteur)
Mario Calus, Directeur de thèse (et co-directeur) |
Type de document : | Thèse |
Sujets : | Variabilité génétique -- Thèses et écrits académiques ; Métagénomique -- Thèses et écrits académiques ; Sélection artificielle -- Thèses et écrits académiques ; Bétail -- Ressources génétiques -- Conservation -- Thèses et écrits académiques ; Races bovines -- Amélioration génétique -- Thèses et écrits académiques |
Résumé : |
Concern about the status of livestock breeds and their conservation has increased as selection and small population sizes caused loss of genetic diversity. Meanwhile, dense SNP chips and whole genome sequences (WGS) became available, providing opportunities to accurately quantify the impact of selection on genetic diversity and develop tools to better preserve such genetic diversity for long-term perspectives. This thesis aimed to infer the impact of selection and mitigate its effects on genetic diversity using genomic information. One of the advantages of WGS information, compared to pedigree and SNP chip information, is that it provides information on all variants, including rare ones, and ‘true’ relationships between individuals may be estimated thus being useful for evaluating gen[...]
Concern about the status of livestock breeds and their conservation has increased as selection and small population sizes caused loss of genetic diversity. Meanwhile, dense SNP chips and whole genome sequences (WGS) became available, providing opportunities to accurately quantify the impact of selection on genetic diversity and develop tools to better preserve such genetic diversity for long-term perspectives. This thesis aimed to infer the impact of selection and mitigate its effects on genetic diversity using genomic information. One of the advantages of WGS information, compared to pedigree and SNP chip information, is that it provides information on all variants, including rare ones, and ‘true’ relationships between individuals may be estimated thus being useful for evaluating genetic diversity. Taking into account rare variants had significant effects on estimated relationships. Moreover, optimal contribution (OC) strategy was used to perform selection either in a breeding program, maximising genetic merit while minimising loss of genetic diversity, or to build a gene bank, only maximising the conserved genetic diversity, with the aim to quantify loss of genetic diversity due to selection decisions. More genetic diversity was conserved when genomic information was used for selection decisions instead of pedigree and WGS information revealed a high loss of genetic diversity due to losing rare variants. Ways to reduce the loss of genetic diversity during a genomic selection program were investigated. The choice of individuals to update the reference population was proposed as a promising way to better conserve genetic diversity in a breeding population. In fact, changes in the reference population will lead to changes in prediction equations and thus ultimately to a shift in long-term selection decisions. Differences between reference population design using either random, truncation or OC selection of individuals, on the breeding population were modest but OC achieved conservation of more genetic diversity in the breeding population with only a small reduction in long-term genetic gain. Finally the potential of gene bank material as additional source of genetic diversity in the breeding population was examined, using the Dutch MRY cattle breed as a case study. Including old bulls, containing more genetic diversity than recent bulls, in the population of fathers for the next generation, selected with OC, resulted in both a slightly higher genetic merit and more genetic diversity conserved. The impact of selection on genetic diversity can be monitored by estimating the loss of rare variants over time. For the long-term perspectives of populations it is important to use specialised methods and genomic information to balance between selection response and conservation of genetic diversity.
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Editeur(s) : | Paris [France] : Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France (Agreenium) |
Date de publication : | 2018 |
Format : | 1 vol. (199 p.) |
Note(s) : |
Bibliographie p. 162-171
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Langue(s) : | Anglais |
Lien vers la notice : | https://infodoc.agroparistech.fr/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=195409 |
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