Polymorphism of TMEM-18 Gene and Its Correlation with Production Traits in Yak

doi:10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2017.02.013

Abstract

Abstract: The TMEM-18（transmembrane protein 18）gene is the one with oligomer in its terminal,and closely related to the growth and development of animal. This study aims to study the correlation between polymorphism of TMEM-18gene and production traits in yak. Firstly,constructing DNA mixing pool with blood samples from 192 female Tianzhu yaks,and the intron1 and exon5 of TMEM-18 gene were amplified. Then,BLAST and Chromas were used to analyze the mutation sites in TMEM-18 gene,high-resolution melting curve（HRM）to determine the genotype,software SHEsis to calculate and the frequencies of genotypes and alleles and to analyze the linkage disequilibrium and haplotypes in the SNPs of TMEM-18 gene,and software SPSS21.0 to understand the correlation between gene polymorphic loci and product traits. The experimental results showed that the intron1 of yak TMEM-18 gene contained 2 polymorphic loci of 861（A/G）and 1 267（C/T）,and the exon5 contained 1 polymorphic locus of 4 447（C/T）. Correlation analysis indicated that the different genotypes at locus 861（A/G）resulted in the significant differences on body height,body weight,carcass weight,and slaughter rate（P<0.05）;while the varied genotypes at locus 1 267（C/T）caused significant differences on body height,body weight and slaughter rate（P<0.05）;and the various genotypes at locus 4 447（C/T）let to significant differences on body length,tube girth,chest girth,body weight,carcass weight,meat weight,net meat rate,and slaughter rate（P<0.05）. There were 3 haplotype combinations in the yak populations,namely ACC,GTC and GTT. Among them,the number of ACC was significantly more than that of others,i.e.,it was dominant haplotype. The results suggested that the TMEM-18 gene could be used as molecular-marker candidate for developing the production traits of yak,providing a scientific basis for the utilization and development of yak genetic resources and breeding of new varieties.

Key words: yak, TMEM-18 gene, SNP, HRM, production traits

ZHANG Huan, ZHANG Quan-wei, WANG Qi, MA You-ji, ZHANG Yong, ZHAO Xing-xu. Polymorphism of TMEM-18 Gene and Its Correlation with Production Traits in Yak[J]. Biotechnology Bulletin, 2017, 33(2): 89-96.

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