ABSTRACT
Coat color genetics successfully adapted and applied to different animal species, which provides a good demonstration of the concept of comparative genetics. In this study, we sequenced 945 bp fragments of melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene, 421 bp fragments of exon 1 of tyrosinase (TYR) gene and 266 bp fragments of exon 3 of agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene for 250 individuals with five plumage color patterns. We detected a total of three SNPs (T398A, T637C, and G920C) in MC1R and built six haplotypes (H1-H6) based on the three SNPs. H5 and H6 haplotypes were mainly concentrated in white and grey chicken. And diplotypes H2H3 occurred in white feather and black-speckle feather with the same frequency. Moreover, a total of three SNPs (C47G, T120C, and T172C) in TYR were found and built six haplotypes (P1-P6) based on the three SNPs. Among them, haplotype P2, P3 and P6 were not occurred in black chicken, the diplotypes P1P6 and P4P6 were only distributed in white, gray and black-speckled feather. We only detected one SNP (T168C) in ASIP gene and found that genotype TT was advantage genotype in the different plumage color groups of chickens. Collectively, our study suggested an association between plumage color and genetic variation of MC1R, TYR and ASIP in chicken.
ABSTRACT
PCR-SSCP technique was designed in this study to investigate the effect of MyoG on quality meat chicken (developed by Sichuan Dahen Poultry Breeding Company using local breeds). Four mutations at base position in promoter were detected among individuals in each line, i.e. T/C in locusA and T/A, T/C and A/G in locus B . The least square analysis showed that there were a significant difference between genotypes and breast muscle percentage and some carcass traits (P<0.05for locus A. There were a significant difference (P <0.05) in breast muscle weight between ACAA and AB geno- types; a significant difference (P <0.05) in leg muscle percentage between CC and AC for locus B, and a extremity signifi-cant difference (P <0.01) in the frequency of genotype muscle Fibre Density for Bothlocus A to locus B. There was no sig-nificant difference (P >0.05) in the other triats. It was concluded from the results that MyoG gene is the major gene affect-ing the muscle fiber traits of chicken or it links with the candidate gene, and the mutation could be used as the molecular genetic marker to select the chickens for Meat Quality traits.
