Boyko, A. R., Quignon, P., Li, L., Schoenebeck, J. J., Degenhardt, J. D., Lohmueller, K. E., Zhao, K., Brisbin, A., Parker, H. G., vonHoldt, B. M., Cargill, M., Auton, A., Reynolds, A., Elkahloun, A. G., Castelhano, M., Mosher, D. S., Sutter, N. B., Johnson, G. S., Novembre, J., Hubisz, M. J., Siepel, A., Wayne, R. K., Bustamante, C. D., Ostrander, E. A. (2010) A simple genetic architecture underlies morphological variation in dogs. PLoS Biology, 8 (8). e1000451. ISSN 1544-9173
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Abstract
Domestic dogs exhibit tremendous phenotypic diversity, including a greater variation in body size than any other terrestrial mammal. Here, we generate a high density map of canine genetic variation by genotyping 915 dogs from 80 domestic dog breeds, 83 wild canids, and 10 outbred African shelter dogs across 60,968 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Coupling this genomic resource with external measurements from breed standards and individuals as well as skeletal measurements from museum specimens, we identify 51 regions of the dog genome associated with phenotypic variation among breeds in 57 traits. The complex traits include average breed body size and external body dimensions and cranial, dental, and long bone shape and size with and without allometric scaling. In contrast to the results from association mapping of quantitative traits in humans and domesticated plants, we find that across dog breeds, a small number of quantitative trait loci (< or = 3) explain the majority of phenotypic variation for most of the traits we studied. In addition, many genomic regions show signatures of recent selection, with most of the highly differentiated regions being associated with breed-defining traits such as body size, coat characteristics, and ear floppiness. Our results demonstrate the efficacy of mapping multiple traits in the domestic dog using a database of genotyped individuals and highlight the important role human-directed selection has played in altering the genetic architecture of key traits in this important species.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals Animals, Domestic/*anatomy & histology/*genetics Body Size Dogs/*anatomy & histology *Genetic Variation Genome Genome-Wide Association Study Phenotype Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide Quantitative Trait Loci |
| Subjects: | bioinformatics bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > genomes bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > single nucleotide polymorphism |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Siepel lab |
| Depositing User: | Matt Covey |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2015 19:32 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2015 19:32 |
| PMCID: | PMC2919785 |
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| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/31049 |
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