Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics (J Anim Breed Genom)
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Research Article

Identification of chicken late feathering distribution in Yeonsan Ogye population using associated markers in PRLR and SPEF2 genes

1Division of Animal & Dairy Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
2Jisan Farm, Yeonsan, Nonsan, 32910, Republic of Korea

Correspondence to Jun-Heon Lee, E-mail: junheon@cnu.ac.kr

Volume 4, Number 3, Pages 51-57, September 2020.
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genomics 2020, 4(3), 51-57. https://doi.org/10.12972/jabng.20200005
Received on 21 July, 2020, Revised on 04 September, 2020, Accepted on 07 September, 2020, Published on 30 September, 2020.
Copyright © 2020 Korean Society of Animal Breeding and Genetics.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0).

ABSTRACT

The K gene is well known as a late-feathering (LF) gene which is located on the Z chromosome and induces autosexing in different feather growth-speed in the early-stage of chicks. In addition, this gene is associated with an insertion of the endogenous ev21 gene from avian leucosis virus and incomplete duplication (ID) containing a partial fusion of sperm f lagellar protein 2 (SPEF2) and prolactin receptor (PRLR) genes. In this study, we have screened two markers that capture the ev21 and ID region which were designed to identify the K gene distribution in the Yeonsan Ogye population to identify the different feathering phenotypes. For the calculation of the K gene frequency, a total of 79 birds (43 males, 36 females) were randomly investigated. If the birds have an LF phenotype, they are carrying KK or Kk+ for males and a single K genotype for females. Whereas for the early-feathering (EF), males possess the recessive homozygous alleles, k+k+, and the females have a single k+ genotype. In the male population, LF birds are 38 (88.4%) and EF birds are 5 (11.6%). Likewise, in the females, LF birds are 25 (69.4%) and EF birds are 11 (30.6%). The observed frequency of LF genotype is proper to develop LF gene-based parental line. In addition, these two markers can identify LF genotypes by identifying both ev21 and ID regions. Therefore, after phenotype validation study, these markers can be used to identify the segregation of parental LF gene as one of the effective sexing methods for the Yeonsan Ogye population.

KEYWORDS

Autosexing, Late feathering, Yeonsan Ogye, K gene

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

본 결과물은 농림축산식품부의 재원으로 농림수산식품기술기획평가원의 Golden Seed 프로젝트 사업(213010-05-4-SB250)과 농촌진흥청 공동연구사업 / 골든씨드프로젝트(PJ012820052020)의 지원을 받아 연구되었음.

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