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The objective of this study was to describe the runs of homozygosity (ROH) detected in the Mexican Holstein population and to associate them with milk, fat and protein yields, and conformation final score. After imputation and genomic quality control, 4,227 genotyped animals with 100,806 SNPs markers each were used. ROH with a minimum length of 1 Mb and a minimum of 10 SNPs were included in the analysis. One heterozygous SNP marker and five missing genotypes per ROH were allowed. A total of 425,098 ROH were found in the studied population (71.83 ± 10.73 ROH per animal), with an average length and coverage of 4.80 ± 0.77 Mb, and 276.89 Mb, respectively. The average chromosome length covered by ROH was 10.40 ± 3.70 Mb. ROH between 1 and 2 Mb were the most frequent in the population (51.33%) while those between 14 and 16 Mb were the least frequent (1.20%). Long chromosomes showed a larger number of ROH. Chromosomes 10 and 20, had a greater percentage of their length covered by ROH because they presented a largest number of long ROH (>8 Mb). From the total ROH, 17 were detected in 1,847 animals and distributed among different chromosomes, and were associated with milk, fat and protein yield and percentage, and conformation final score. Of the ROH with effects on production traits, the majority were found with a length between 1 and 4 Mb. These results show evidence of genomic regions preserved by genetic selection and associated with the improvement of the productivity and functionality of dairy cattle.
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Genome , Inbreeding , Animals , Cattle/genetics , Genotype , Homozygote , PhenotypeABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To evaluate the concentration of endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor, and cyclooxygenase-2 in aqueous humor from normal and glaucomatous human patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Concentrations of these proteins were measured using ELISA kits in 83 patients (30 presenting for cataract surgery and 53 with glaucoma). RESULTS: Endothelin-1, vascular endothelial growth factor, and cyclooxygenase-2 were detected in all samples. The ages of the patients with glaucoma (64.51 +/- 17.51 years) and cataracts subjects (59.30 +/- 19.15 years) were similar. The endothelin-1 concentration in cataracts patients (48.55 +/- 9.50 pg/ml) was statistically different when compared to endothelin-1 concentration in aqueous humor from primary open-angle glaucoma (107.94 +/- 12.20 pg/ml) and neovascular glaucoma (114.68 +/- 25.50 pg/ml) (p < 0.05). No statistical difference was observed in normal tension glaucoma group (69.14 +/- 52.80 pg/ml) (p > 0.05). Vascular endothelial growth factor concentration was higher in neovascular glaucoma (81.84 +/- 6.40 pg/ml), being the difference statistically significant when compared with the other groups (p < 0.0001). Cyclooxygenase-2 levels showed no statistical difference between cataract groups and any other glaucoma group (p > 0.05). No effect of age, gender, or previously medication of aqueous humor concentration of these proteins could be detected (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: In this study we observed increased levels of endothelin-1 in aqueous humor from patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and neovascular glaucoma, and increased levels of vascular endothelial growth factor only in neovascular glaucoma patients, raising a possible connection between endothelin-1 and vascular endothelial growth factor in the role of some types of glaucoma. Regarding cyclooxygenase-2 levels detected, perhaps indicate that low values of cyclooxygenase-2 are necessary for normal functions of the eye.
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Aqueous Humor/metabolism , Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism , Endothelin-1/metabolism , Glaucoma/metabolism , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism , Aged , Cataract/epidemiology , Cataract/metabolism , Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay , Female , Glaucoma/epidemiology , Humans , Male , Mexico/epidemiology , Middle AgedABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to estimate the direct and maternal genetic variance components for some growth traits in a red deer herd (Cervus elaphus scoticus) located in Queretaro, Mexico. Information between 1994 and 2003, consisting of 417 records of birth weight (BW), 169 weaning weight (WW), 168 six months weight (6MW) and 172 yearly weight (YW) was analyzed, which included the identification of 554 animals with 11 stags and 107 hinds. The fixed effects considered were: sex, year of birth and pregnancy number (P < 0.001). Three mixed models were used. Model 1 included the fixed effects and the direct additive genetic effect; Model 2 included those in 1 plus the maternal additive genetic effect; and Model 3 included those in 2 plus the permanent maternal environment effect. All of them used the residual maximum likelihood method (REML), implemented in the ASReml prog ram. The best model to obtain variance components and genetic parameters was the second model, direct heritability (h²d ± s. e.) 0.11 ± 0.09 and 0.19 ± 0.18 and maternal (h²m ± s. e.) 0.15 ± 0.06 and 0.14 ± 0.11 for BW and WW, respectively. The direct-maternal genetic correlations were -0.21 ± 0.29, -0.92 ± 0.11 and -0.84 ± 0.20 for BW, WW and 6MW, respectively.
El objetivo de este estudio fue estimar los componentes de varianza genéticos, directos y maternos para características de crecimiento en un rebaño de ciervo rojo (Cervus elaphus scoticus), en Querétaro, México. Se analizó la información de 1994 hasta 2003 consistente en 417 registros de peso al nacimiento (PN), 169 al destete (PD), 168 a los seis meses (P6M) y 172 al año (PA), incluyó identificación de 554 animales con 11 sementales y 107 hembras. Los efectos fijos considerados fueron: sexo, año de nacimiento y número de parto (P < 0.001). Se utilizaron tres modelos mixtos. El Modelo 1 incluyó efectos fijos y efecto genético aditivo directo; el Modelo 2, igual al 1 más el efecto genético aditivo materno; el Modelo 3, igual al 2 más el efecto del ambiente permanente materno, todos usaron el método de máxima verosimilitud restringida (REML), instrumentado en el programa ASREML. El mejor modelo para obtener los componentes de varianzas y los parámetros genéticos fue el 2, heredabilidades directas (h²d ± e. e.) 0.11 ± 0.09 y 0.19 ± 0.18, y materna (h²m± e. e.) 0.15 ± 0.06 y 0.14 ± 0.11 para PN y PD, respectivamente. Las correlaciones genéticas directas-maternas fueron -0.21 ± 0.29, -0.92 ± 0.11 y -0.84 ± 0.20, para PN, PD y P6M, respectivamente.
