Genomic Analysis Reveals Candidate Genes Underlying Sex-Linked Eyelid Coloboma, Feather Color Traits, and Climatic Adaptation in Huoyan Geese.

ABSTRACT: Driven by natural and artificial selection, the domestic Huoyan geese from Northern China have gradually generated specific phenotypes and climatic adaptations. To understand the genetic basis of the two specific phenotypes that are sex linked, including upper eyelid coloboma and gosling feather color, as well as the climatic adaptations of the Huoyan goose, which can contribute to the artificial selection and breeding of geese. We selected Huoyan geese and nine Southern Chinese goose breeds and identified their divergence on the genomic level. Using selective sweep analysis, we found that PTPRM on chromosome Z influences the upper eyelid coloboma phenotype of the Huoyan goose, and TYRP1 is a plausible candidate gene for the Huoyan gosling feather color. We obtained a number

SUBMITTER: Wen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10705202 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature