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. 2023 Jun;54(3):363-374.
doi: 10.1111/age.13297. Epub 2023 Jan 25.

Genome-wide association studies demonstrate the genes associated with perimysial thickness in ducks

Hehe Tang  1 , Dapeng Liu  1 , Huiling Zhang  2 , Wenlei Fan  3 , Jian Hu  1 , Yaxi Xu  1 , Zhanbao Guo  1 , Wei Huang  1 , Shuisheng Hou  1 , Zhengkui Zhou  1
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Genome-wide association studies demonstrate the genes associated with perimysial thickness in ducks

Hehe Tang et al. Anim Genet. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

The thickness of the perimysium has an essential effect on the tenderness of the meat. However, the genetic basis underlying perimysial thickness has not been determined. The objective of this study was to explore the quantitative trait loci (QTL) that influence perimysial thickness in an F2 segregating population generated by Mallard × Pekin duck using the genome-wide association study (GWAS) method. Two QTL identified in chromosomes 27 and 13 displayed significant associations with perimysial thickness traits at the genome-wide level. The strongest association was the QTL located in chromosome 27, and this region had an effect on perimysial thickness and contained a promising candidate gene MAGI3 (Membrane-associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain containing 3). Meanwhile, association analysis showed that the top SNP within the MAGI3 gene was also associated with intramuscular fat content traits, which showed that perimysial thickness was positively correlated with intramuscular fat content. The second strongest association was the QTL region of chromosome 13. SUCLG2 (Succinate-CoA ligase GDP-forming subunit beta) is proximal to the top SNP and stood out as another candidate gene. Furthermore, the Transposase-Accessible Chromatin using Sequencing result showed that some key transcription factors (MYF5, MYOD1, KLF11) related to muscle development or energy metabolism might bind to the open regions of MAGI3 and SUCLG2. By analyzing the expression of different genotypes of the candidate gene, we speculate that different genotypes of MAGI3 may have an effect on breast muscle development, and then affect the thickness of the perimysium. This study maps two major genes of the duck breast muscle perimysial thickness trait, which helps to characterize muscle development and contributes to the genetic improvement of meat yield and quality in livestock.

Keywords: GWAS; duck; intramuscular fat content; perimysial thickness; transcription factors.

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