• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.651-655
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• 1995

A simulation study on detection of linkage between genetic markers and QTL in backcross design was conducted. The effects of various sample sizes and the degree of QTL dominance on detention of linkage were examined by using a simple regression analysis. The results indicated that as sample size increased, the standard error of the estimated slope became smaller. When the dominance effect of QTL was complete, the estimated slope tended to be negative but was statistically not significant at all with type I error of greater than 50%. With complete linkage between genetic Marker and QTL, the estimated intercept value was smallest but the estimated slope was largest as expected. In most cases with various degree of dominance and sample sizes, when the actual recombination rate became larger, greater values were obtained for the slope except in the case of complete dominance of QTL.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1702-1705
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• 2006

A simulation study was conducted to evaluate a fine-mapping method exploiting population-wide linkage disequilibrium. Data were simulated according to the pedigree structure based on a large paternal half-sib family population with a total of 1,034 or 2,068 progeny. Twenty autosomes of 100 cM were generated with 5 cM or 1 cM marker intervals for all founder individuals in the pedigree, and marker alleles and a number of quantitative trait loci (QTL) explaining a total of 70% phenotypic variance were generated and randomly assigned across the whole chromosomes, assuming linkage equilibrium between the markers. The founder chromosomes were then descended through the pedigree to the current offspring generation, including recombinants that were generated by recombination between adjacent markers. Power to detect QTL was high for the QTL with at least moderate size, which was more pronounced with larger sample size and denser marker map. However, sample size contributed much more significantly to power to detect QTL than map density to the precise estimate of QTL position. No QTL was detected on the test chromosomes in which QTL was not assigned, which did not allow detection of false positive QTL. For the multiple QTL that were closely located, the estimates of the QTL positions were biased, except when the QTL were located on the right marker positions. Our fine mapping simulation results indicate that construction of dense maps and large sample size is needed to increase power to detect QTL and mapping precision for QTL position.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.1239-1244
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• 2009

본 연구는 제주도에서 자생하는 새우난초 3개체, 금새우난초 3개체 그리고 변이종 14개체를 포함하여 총 20개체를 화색에 따라 분류하고 유전자지도를 작성하여 QTL분석을 하였다. 화색은 새우난초가 어두운 자색으로 CIE Lab값이 $40{\sim}50$ 정도였으며, 금새우난초는 황색으로 $110{\sim}130$ 정도였고, 변이종 개체들은 새우난초와 유사하거나 다소 높았다. PCR 결과 얻은 polymorphism이 인정되는 154개 marker에 대한 분리비 적합도 검정에서 51개 marker에서 5% 수준의 유의성이 인정되었으며, 유의성이 인정된 51개 marker 중에서 새우난초 type은 37개, 금새우난초 type은 14개 였다. Polymorphism이 인정된 154개 marker에 대하여 MAPL program을 이용하여 이들 marker 상호간의 연관관계를 분석한 결과는 16개의 연관군과 1개의 독립군으로 구분되었으며, 이들 연관군에 대한 분자연관지도는 전체 group의 크기가 220.4 cM (centi Morgan)이고, marker간의 평균거리는 3.3 cM이었다. 양적 형질에 대한 분자연관지도상의 QTL 분석 결과, LOD 3.0 이상인 화색과 설판색의 QTL은 각각 3개와 1개였다. 이상에서 얻어진 자료는 새우난초 속의 화색 연구에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.457-462
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to detect QTL for carcass quality on bovine chromosome (BTA) 6 using a high density SNP map in a Hanwoo population. The data set comprised 45 sires and their 427 Hanwoo steers that were born between spring of 2005 and fall of 2007. The steers that were used for progeny testing in the Hanwoo Improvement Center in Seosan, Korea, were genotyped with the 2,535SNPs on BTA6 that were embedded in the Illumina bovine SNP 50K chip. Four different linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping models were applied to detect significant SNPs for carcass quality traits; the fixed model with a single marker, the random model with a single marker, the random model with haplotype effects using two adjacent markers, and the random model at hidden state. A total of twelve QTL were detected, for which four, one, three and four SNPs were detected on BTA6 under the respective models (p<0.001). Among the detected QTL, four, two, five and one QTL were associated with carcass weight, backfat thickness, longissimus dorsi muscle area, and marbling score, respectively (p<0.001). Our results suggest that the use of multiple LD mapping approaches may be beneficial in increasing power to detect QTL given a limited sample size and magnitude of QTL effect.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.473-480
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• 2003

In order to control the genetic background noise in QTL mapping, cofactor markers were incorporated in single marker analysis (SMACO) and interval mapping (CIM). A simulation was performed to see how effective the cofactors were by the number of QTL, the number and the type of markers, and the marker spacing. The results of QTL mapping for the simulated data showed that the use of cofactors was slightly effective when detecting a single QTL. On the other hand, a considerable improvement was observed when dealing with more than one QTL. Genetic background noise was efficiently absorbed with linked markers rather than unlinked markers. Furthermore, the efficiency was different in QTL mapping depending on the type of linked markers. Well-chosen markers in both SMACO and CIM made the range of linkage position for a significant QTL narrow and the estimates of QTL effects accurate. Generally, 3 to 5 cofactors offered accurate results. Over-fitting was a problem with many regressor variables when the heritability was small. Various marker spacing from 4 to 20 cM did not change greatly the detection of multiple QTLs, but they were less efficient when the marker spacing exceeded 30 cM. Likelihood ratio increased with a large heritability, and the threshold heritability for QTL detection was between 0.30 and 0.05.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.617-623
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• 2008

A fine-mapping method exploiting linkage disequilibrium was used to detect quantitative trait loci (QTL) on the X chromosome affecting milk production, body conformation and productivity traits. The pedigree comprised 22 paternal half-sib families of Black-and-White Holstein bulls in the Netherlands in a grand-daughter design for a total of 955 sons. Twenty-five microsatellite markers were genotyped to construct a linkage map on the chromosome X spanning 170 Haldane cM with an average inter-marker distance of 7.1 cM. A covariance matrix including elements about identical-by-descent probabilities between haplotypes regarding QTL allele effects was incorporated into the animal model, and a restricted maximum-likelihood method was applied for the presence of QTL using the LDVCM program. Significance thresholds were obtained by permuting haplotypes to phenotypes and by using a false discovery rate procedure. Seven QTL responsible for conformation types (teat length, rump width, rear leg set, angularity and fore udder attachment), behavior (temperament) and a mixture of production and health (durable prestation) were detected at the suggestive level. Some QTL affecting teat length, rump width, durable prestation and rear leg set had small numbers of haplotype clusters, which may indicate good classification of alleles for causal genes or markers that are tightly associated with the causal mutation. However, higher maker density is required to better refine the QTL position and to better characterize functionally distinct haplotypes which will provide information to find causal genes for the traits.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.375-382
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• 2003

본 연구는 콩 cyst 선충 race 14에 대한 저항성 QTLs 구명을 목적으로 한 바 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 회귀분석 결과 30개의 marker들(29 RAPD, 1 RFLP)에서 cyst 선충 race 14의 저항성에 대한 유의성이 인정되었다. 2. MAPMAKER/QTL 분석 결과 2개의 QTL들이 구명되었는데, 이 QTL들은 2개의 linkage groups (LGC-7와 LGC-9)에 위치하였으며, 모두 우성유전 양상을 나타내었다. 3. 다중회귀분석 결과 2개의 marker들($B15^2$와 $H06^1$)로 구성된 조합에서 가장 높은 표현적 변이의 값(22.9%)을 나타내었다. 콩 cyst 선충 rare 14에 대한 표현적 변이를 충분히 설명하기 위해서는 지속적인 QTL 구명 연구가 요구된다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2004

콩에서 경장과 연관된 DNA 표지인자를 개발하여 품종육성에 활용함으로서 육종효율 증진에 기여하고자 수행하였다. 본 시험은 육성된 큰올콩과 신팔달콩의 RIL 계통 및 SSR marker를 이용하여 유전자지도를 작성하고, 이를 바탕으로 경장과 관련된 양적형질 유전자좌(QTt)를 탐색하였다. 시험재료로 이용된 큰올콩과 신팔달콩은 경장이 각각 30.57 cm와 49.75 cm로 매우 큰 차이를 보였다. 경장과 연관된 QTL은 개별마커들과의 분산분석 결과, 연관군 F, J, N 및 O에서 전체변이의 37.83%를 설명할 수 있는 4개의 QTL을 탐색하였다. 특히, 연관군 J와 O에서 각각 14.25%와 10.68%를 설명할 수 있는 주요 QTL을 확인하였다. 따라서 경장 관련 QTL중 연관군 J와 O에서 확인된 주요 QTL은 품종 육성과정에서 경장 관련 선발 마커로서 활용가치가 높은 것으로 판단된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.1507-1510
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• 2012

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) associated with fat deposition traits in pigs are important gene positions in a chromosome that influence meat quality of pork. For QTL study, a three generation resource population was constructed from a cross between Korean native boars and Landrace sows. A total of 240 F2 animals from intercross of F1 were produced. 80 microsatellite markers covering chromosomes 1 to 10 were selected to genotype the resource population. Intervals between adjacent markers were approximately 19 cM. Linkage analysis was performed using CRIMAP software version 2.4 with a FIXED option to obtain the map distances. For QTL analysis, the public web-based software, QTL express (http://www.qtl.cap.ed.ac.uk) was used. Two significant and two suggestive QTL were identified on SSC 6, 7, and 8 as affecting body fat and IMF traits. For QTL affecting IMF, the most significant association was detected between marker sw71 and sw1881 on SSC 6, and a suggestive QTL was identified between sw268 and sw205 on SSC8. These QTL accounted for 26.58% and 12.31% of the phenotypic variance, respectively. A significant QTL affecting IMF was detected at position 105 cM between markers sw71 and sw1881 on SSC 6.

• 아시안잔디학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.85-100
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• 2008

Gray leaf spot (GLS)은 Pyricufaria oryzae Cavara에 의해 발병하는 중요한 곰팡이병으로 최근 주요 잔디류 및 목초류에 해당하는 퍼레니얼 라이그래스 (Perennial ryegrass; Lolium perenne L.)에서 발생되는 것으로 보고되었다. 또한 이 곰팡이는 벼의 도열병을 일으키는데, 이는 기주 저항성에 의해 방제될 수 있지만 이 저항성의 지속기간에 문제가 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 지금까지 퍼레니얼 라이그래스에서는 GLS 저항성에 관한 내용이 거의 보고되지 않았다. 그러나 이탈리안 라이그래스 x 퍼레니얼 라이그래스 mapping population에서 GLS 저항성에 관한 주요 양적형질 유전자좌 (QTL)가 연관군 (linkage group) 3과 6 상에서 각각 발견되었다. 이 두 가지 양적형질 유전자좌가 다음 세대에서도 여전히 나타나고, 이들이 다른 유전적 배경 하에서도 기능할 수 있다는 사실을 확인하기 위해 기존의 mapping population으로부터 나온 저항성 개체를 저항성을 갖고 있지 않은 다른 퍼레니얼 클론과 교잡시켜 새로운 mapping population을 만들었다. 이 새로운 mapping population에서 RAPD, RFLP 및 SSR 마커를 이용하여 QTL 분석을 실시하였다. 이 결과, 비록 연관군 6 상에서는 양적형질 유전자좌가 확인되지 않았지만 연관군 3 상의 양적형질 유전자좌는 새로운 mapping population에서도 여전히 나타나고 있음이 확인되었다. 또한 두 개의 새로운 양적형질 유전자좌가 저항성을 갖고 있지 않았던 부모개체에서도 발견되었다. 본 실험 결과는 라이그래스에 있어서 GLS 저항성의 유전적 구조를 이해하는데 도움을 줄 뿐만 아니라 퍼레니얼 라이그래스 육종 프로그램에 사용상 편의성을 제고시킬 것이다.