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J. Anim Sci. 2007. 85:341-347. doi:10.2527/jas.2006-460
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ANIMAL GENETICS

Association of a single nucleotide polymorphism in SPP1 with growth traits and twinning in a cattle population selected for twinning rate1,2

M. F. Allan3, R. M. Thallman, R. A. Cushman, S. E. Echternkamp, S. N. White4, L. A. Kuehn, E. Casas and T. P. L. Smith

USDA, ARS, US Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933-0166

3 Corresponding author: allan{at}email.marc.usda.gov

Continued validation of genetic markers for economically important traits is crucial to establishing marker-assisted selection as a tool in the cattle industry. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the association of a SNP (T9/T10) in the osteopontin gene (SPP1) with growth rate in a large cattle population spanning multiple generations and representing alleles from 12 founding breeds. This population has been maintained at the US Meat Animal Research Center since 1981 and subjected to selection for twinning rate. Phenotypic records for this population included twinning rate and ovulation rate, providing an opportunity to examine the potential effects of SPP1 genotype on reproductive traits. A set of 2,701 animals was geno-typed for the T9/T10 polymorphism at SPP1. The geno-typic data, including previously genotyped markers on chromosome 6 (BTA6), were used in conjunction with pedigree information to estimate genotypic probabilities for all 14,714 animals with phenotypic records. The genotypic probabilities for females were used to calculate independent variables for regressions of additive, dominance, and imprinting effects. Genotypic regressions were fit as fixed effects in a mixed model analysis, in which each trait was analyzed in a 2-trait model where single births were treated as a separate trait from twin births. The association of the SPP1 marker with birth weight (P < 0.006), weaning weight (P < 0.007), and yearling weight (P < 0.003) was consistent with the previously reported effects of SPP1 genotype on yearling weight. Our data supports the conclusion that the SNP successfully tracks functional alleles affecting growth in cattle. The previously undetected effect of the SNP on birth and weaning weight suggests this particular SPP1 marker may explain a portion of the phenotypic variance explained by QTL for birth and HCW on BTA6.

Key Words: genetic marker • marker-assisted selection • osteopontin • twinning




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