Young SINEs in pig genomes impact gene regulation, genetic diversity, and complex traits

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Transposable elements (TEs) are a major source of genetic polymorphisms and play a role in chromatin architecture, gene regulatory networks, and genomic evolution. However, their functional role in pigs and contributions to complex traits are largely unknown. We created a catalog of TEs (n = 3,087,929) in pigs and found that young SINEs were predominantly silenced by histone modifications, DNA methylation, and decreased accessibility. However, some transcripts from active young SINEs showed high tissue-specificity, as confirmed by analyzing 3570 RNA-seq samples. We also detected 211,067 dimorphic SINEs in 374 individuals, including 340 population-specific ones associated with local adaptation. Mapping these dimorphic SINEs to genome-wide associations of 97 complex traits in pigs, we found 54 candidate genes (e.g., ANK2 and VRTN) that might be mediated by TEs. Our findings highlight the important roles of young SINEs and provide a supplement for genotype-to-phenotype associations and modern breeding in pigs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:6

Enthalten in:

Communications biology - 6(2023), 1 vom: 31. Aug., Seite 894

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhao, Pengju [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Lihong [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yahui [VerfasserIn]
Pan, Zhangyuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xingzheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Huaijun [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Dongyou [VerfasserIn]
Han, Xinyan [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Lichun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, George E [VerfasserIn]
Fang, Lingzhao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Zhengguang [VerfasserIn]

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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 04.09.2023

Date Revised 18.11.2023

published: Electronic

figshare: 10.6084/m9.figshare.23856213.v4

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s42003-023-05234-x

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NLM361508018