• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.747-752
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• 2008

본 연구는 1990년 1월부터 2006년 12월말까지 지난 17년간 과천경마공원에서 경주한 경주마 9,934두의 주파기록, 총 208,043개를 이용하여 속도형질들에 대한 경주년도별 개량 추세를 분석하였다. 속도형질로는 반복 주파기록, 우승마 주파기록, 거리별 연간 최고 주파기록 세 가지를 분석하였으며, 이들에 대한 유전율은 각각 0.288, 0.275와 0.341로 추정되었고 반복율은 각각 0.502, 0.475와 0.496이었다. 경주속도 형질들에 대한 연간 표현형 개량량은 －0.115 ~－0.148초의 범위를 나타내었다. 반면 반복 주파기록에 대한 연간 유전적 개량량은 －0.027초 추정되었으나 나머지 형질들에 대해서는 유의성이 인정되지 않았다. 따라서 더러브렛 경주마의 개량형질로는 반복 주파기록을 이용하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 생각된다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2010

The wild silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is a polyphagous silk producing insect that feeds on Terminalia arjuna, T. tomentosa and Shorea robusta and is distributed in the forest belts in different states of India. Phenotypically distinct populations of the A. mylitta are called "eco-race" or "ecotypes". Genetic improvement of this wild silkworm has not progressed much due to lack of adequate information on the factors that control the expression of most of the economically important traits. Considering the amazing technological advances taking place in molecular biology, it is envisaged that it is now possible to take greater control on these intractable traits if a combination of genetic, molecular and bioinformatics tools are used. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping is one such approach that has extensively been used in both animal and plant system to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for a number of economically important traits. LD mapping has a number of advantages over conventional biparental linkage mapping. Therefore, LD mapping is considered more efficient for gene discovery to meet the challenge of connecting sequence diversity with heritable phenotypic differences. However, care must be taken to avoid detection of spurious associations which may occur due to population structure and variety interrelationships. In this review, we discuss how LD mapping is suitable for the dissection of complex traits in wild silkworms (Antheraea mylitta).

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.659-669
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• 2022

Objective: Thoroughbred horses have been bred exclusively for racing in England for a long time. Additionally, because horse racing is a global sport, a healthy leisure activity for ordinary citizens, and a high-value business, systematic racehorse breeding at the population level is a requirement for continuous industrial development. Therefore, we established genomic evaluation system (using prize money as horse racing traits) to produce spirited, agile, and strong racing horse population Methods: We used phenotypic data from 25,061 Thoroughbred horses (all registered individuals in Korea) that competed in races between 1994 and 2019 at the Korea Racing Authority and constructed pedigree structures. We quantified the improvement in racehorse breeding output by year in Korea, and this aided in the establishment of a high-level horse-fill industry. Results: We found that pedigree-based best linear unbiased prediction method improved the racing performance of the Thoroughbred population with high accuracy, making it possible to construct an excellent Thoroughbred racehorse population in Korea. Conclusion: This study could be used to develop an efficient breeding program at the population level for Korean Thoroughbred racehorse populations as well as others.