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Deriving Gene Networks from SNP Associated with Triacylglycerol and Phospholipid Fatty Acid Fractions from Ribeyes of Angus Cattle
Frontiers in Genetics
  • Justin W. Buchanan, University of California, Davis
  • James M. Reecy, Iowa State University
  • Dorian J. Garrick, Iowa State University
  • Qing Duan, Iowa State University
  • Donald C. Beitz, Iowa State University
  • James E. Koltes, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
  • Mahdi Saatchi, Iowa State University
  • Lars Koesterke, University of Texas at Austin
  • Raluca G. Mateescu, University of Florida
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
6-1-2016
DOI
10.3389/fgene.2016.00116
Abstract

The fatty acid profile of beef is a complex trait that can benefit from gene-interaction network analysis to understand relationships among loci that contribute to phenotypic variation. Phenotypic measures of fatty acid profile from triacylglycerol and phospholipid fractions of longissimus muscle, pedigree information, and Illumina 54 k bovine SNP genotypes were utilized to derive an annotated gene network associated with fatty acid composition in 1,833 Angus beef cattle. The Bayes-B statistical model was utilized to perform a genome wide association study to estimate associations between 54 k SNP genotypes and 39 individual fatty acid phenotypes within each fraction. Posterior means of the effects were estimated for each of the 54 k SNP and for the collective effects of all the SNP in every 1-Mb genomic window in terms of the proportion of genetic variance explained by the window. Windows that explained the largest proportions of genetic variance for individual lipids were found in the triacylglycerol fraction. There was almost no overlap in the genomic regions explaining variance between the triacylglycerol and phospholipid fractions. Partial correlations were used to identify correlated regions of the genome for the set of largest 1 Mb windows that explained up to 35% genetic variation in either fatty acid fraction. SNP were allocated to windows based on the bovine UMD3.1 assembly. Gene network clusters were generated utilizing a partial correlation and information theory algorithm. Results were used in conjunction with network scoring and visualization software to analyze correlated SNP across 39 fatty acid phenotypes to identify SNP of significance. Significant pathways implicated in fatty acid metabolism through GO term enrichment analysis included homeostasis of number of cells, homeostatic process, coenzyme/cofactor activity, and immunoglobulin. These results suggest different metabolic pathways regulate the development of different types of lipids found in bovine muscle tissues. Network analysis using partial correlations and annotation of significant SNPs can yield information about the genetic architecture of complex traits.

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This article is published as Buchanan, Justin W., James M. Reecy, Dorian J. Garrick, Qing Duan, Don C. Beitz, James E. Koltes, Mahdi Saatchi, Lars Koesterke, and Raluca G. Mateescu. "Deriving gene networks from SNP associated with triacylglycerol and phospholipid fatty acid fractions from Ribeyes of Angus cattle." Frontiers in genetics 7 (2016): 116. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2016.00116.

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Buchanan, Reecy, Garrick, Duan, Beitz, Koltes, Saatchi, Koesterke and Mateescu
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Justin W. Buchanan, James M. Reecy, Dorian J. Garrick, Qing Duan, et al.. "Deriving Gene Networks from SNP Associated with Triacylglycerol and Phospholipid Fatty Acid Fractions from Ribeyes of Angus Cattle" Frontiers in Genetics Vol. 7 (2016) p. 116
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