Combining reference populations from different countries and breeds could be an affordable way to enlarge the size of the reference populations for genomic prediction of breeding values. Therefore, the main objectives of this study were to assess the genetic diversity within and between two Canadian and French pig breeds (Landrace and Yorkshire) and the genomic relatedness among populations to evaluate the feasibility of an across-country reference population for pig genomic selection. A total of 14 756 pigs were genotyped on two single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chip panels (∼65K SNPs). A principal component analysis clearly discriminated Landrace and Yorkshire breeds, and also, but to a lesser extent, the Canadian and French purebred pigs of each breed. Linkage disequilibrium (LD) between adjacent SNPs was similar within Yorkshire populations. However, levels of LD were slightly different for Landrace populations. The consistency of gametic phase was very high between Yorkshire populations (0.96 at 0.05 Mb) and high for Landrace (0.88 at 0.05 Mb). Based on consistency of gametic phase, Canadian and French pig maternal lines are genetically close to each other. These results are promising, as they indicate that the accuracy of estimated genomic breeding values may increase by combining reference populations from the two countries.
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31 May 2018
Genomic data reveals large similarities among Canadian and French maternal pig lines
Raphael Boré,
Luiz F. Brito,
Mohsen Jafarikia,
Alban Bouquet,
Laurence Maignel,
Brian Sullivan,
Flávio S. Schenkel
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genetic diversity
genomic selection
LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM
persistence of gametic phase
pig