Parentage is a measure of the genetic similarities between two related individuals: it is defined as the possession of genes identical by descent. Since the amount of common genes determines phenotypical similarities, e.g. morphological and production-related features, an accurate parentage test is crucial in the selection process. The advent of genomic analyses has paved the use of SNPs information to accurately investigate parentage. However, the current transition from traditional to genomic selection needs methods able to combine different sources of genetic information. In particular, since genomic information is not available for all animals, there is the practical and economic need to cross-examine parentage of genotyped offspring and parents with microsatellites information only. Two steps are necessary to overcome this issue: firstly, to assign microsatellite information from SNPs data of a genotyped animal and secondly, to use microsatellites for the lineage verification. The objective of this study was to design a method capable to analyse microsatellites data that validates pedigree information. The data was provided by National Brown Cattle Breeders’ Association (ANARB) and was made up of 49,828 cattle with microsatellite information from SNP data, 37,262 cattle with official microsatellite data and a pedigree database with 2,399,305 cattle. The first stage was to create an algorithm that cross-examined 12 microsatellites per animal along with the microsatellites from the presumed parents, to check the correctness of the pedigree. The procedure was developed by using the software R, which has permitted to deal with large databases. The conditions used for the parentage diagnosis followed the ISAG protocol and the ICAR guidelines. The accuracy of the method was checked by comparing the results obtained by microsatellite analysis with the official parentage data for the 37,262 animals where official analyses were available. The comparison of the results between the proposed method and the available official verifications led to an accuracy of 96.2%. Consequently, the procedure has allowed more than 12,000 new parentage verifications and the correction of 600 pedigree information. This procedure is useful for direct verification, without further external laboratory testing, of parentage compatibility when different sources of information are already available: SNPs and microsatellites.

A METHODOLOGY FOR THE PARENTAGE DIAGNOSIS OF THE ITALIAN BROWN BREED / Ablondi, Michela; Attilio, Rossoni; Chiara, Nicoletti; Sabbioni, Alberto. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. - ISSN 1828-051X. - 16:(2017), pp. 146-146. (Intervento presentato al convegno 22nd ASPA Congress tenutosi a Perugia nel 13-16 giugno 2017).

A METHODOLOGY FOR THE PARENTAGE DIAGNOSIS OF THE ITALIAN BROWN BREED

Michela Ablondi;SABBIONI, Alberto
2017-01-01

Abstract

Parentage is a measure of the genetic similarities between two related individuals: it is defined as the possession of genes identical by descent. Since the amount of common genes determines phenotypical similarities, e.g. morphological and production-related features, an accurate parentage test is crucial in the selection process. The advent of genomic analyses has paved the use of SNPs information to accurately investigate parentage. However, the current transition from traditional to genomic selection needs methods able to combine different sources of genetic information. In particular, since genomic information is not available for all animals, there is the practical and economic need to cross-examine parentage of genotyped offspring and parents with microsatellites information only. Two steps are necessary to overcome this issue: firstly, to assign microsatellite information from SNPs data of a genotyped animal and secondly, to use microsatellites for the lineage verification. The objective of this study was to design a method capable to analyse microsatellites data that validates pedigree information. The data was provided by National Brown Cattle Breeders’ Association (ANARB) and was made up of 49,828 cattle with microsatellite information from SNP data, 37,262 cattle with official microsatellite data and a pedigree database with 2,399,305 cattle. The first stage was to create an algorithm that cross-examined 12 microsatellites per animal along with the microsatellites from the presumed parents, to check the correctness of the pedigree. The procedure was developed by using the software R, which has permitted to deal with large databases. The conditions used for the parentage diagnosis followed the ISAG protocol and the ICAR guidelines. The accuracy of the method was checked by comparing the results obtained by microsatellite analysis with the official parentage data for the 37,262 animals where official analyses were available. The comparison of the results between the proposed method and the available official verifications led to an accuracy of 96.2%. Consequently, the procedure has allowed more than 12,000 new parentage verifications and the correction of 600 pedigree information. This procedure is useful for direct verification, without further external laboratory testing, of parentage compatibility when different sources of information are already available: SNPs and microsatellites.
2017
A METHODOLOGY FOR THE PARENTAGE DIAGNOSIS OF THE ITALIAN BROWN BREED / Ablondi, Michela; Attilio, Rossoni; Chiara, Nicoletti; Sabbioni, Alberto. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. - ISSN 1828-051X. - 16:(2017), pp. 146-146. (Intervento presentato al convegno 22nd ASPA Congress tenutosi a Perugia nel 13-16 giugno 2017).
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