Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (8): 3749-3760.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2025.08.017

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Population Genetic Structure and Genome-wide Runs of Homozygosity Analysis in Meihuaxing Pigs Based on 80K SNP Chip

LIU Sha1(), YANG Caichun2(), ZHANG Xiaoyu1, CHEN Qiong2, LIU Xiong2, CHEN Hongbo1,3, ZHOU Huanhuan1,3,*(), SHI Liangyu1,3,*()   

  1. 1. Laboratory of Animal Genetic Breeding and Precision Breeding, School of Animal Science and Nutritional Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China
    2. Huangmei County Qiangli Livestock Co., Ltd., Huanggang 435500, China
    3. Hubei Livestock Breeding Technological Innovation Centre, Wuhan 430023, China
  • Received:2025-02-07 Online:2025-08-23 Published:2025-08-28
  • Contact: ZHOU Huanhuan, SHI Liangyu E-mail:liusha@163.com;842093731@qq.com;hhzhou@whpu.edu.cn;liangyu_shi@whpu.edu.cn

Abstract:

This study aimed to analyze the population structure and genetic diversity of the Meihuaxing pig to promote the effective conservation and utilization of its genetic resources. SNP typing was performed on 307 Meihuaxing pigs by using the 'Porcine 80K Functional Variants Genotyping Array', and the population genetic structure and runs of homozygosity (ROH) analyses were performed based on the SNP chip data. Principal component analysis (PCA) and population ancestry component analysis showed that there was obvious genetic stratification in the Meihuaxing pig resource population, and kinship based G matrix and clustering analysis further revealed that the studied population could be divided into 4 lineages. Some of these individuals were closely related, and the degree of inbreeding in family line 2 was relatively high, which requires reasonable selection measures to prevent inbreeding decline. A total of 18 442 ROHs were detected by ROH analysis, with an average length of 4.65 Mb. In addition, a total of 13 ROH islands were identified, and 164 genes were annotated. Further comparison of the ROH island regions of different family lines and functional annotation with literature and tissue expression profiles identified a number of genes associated with reproduction (RAB23, PRKD1, G2E3, etc.), growth (RUNX1T1, TMEM8B, NPR2, etc.), meat quality (DECR1, NFKBIA), carcass (PPP1R9A, PEG10), adaptability (DST, SLC26A7, IRF9), immunity (SIT1), feed efficiency (SLC2A2, PHKB, GPT2), disease (AKAP6) and other trait-related candidate genes.This study systematically analyzes the genetic structure of the Meihuaxing pig population and its ROH distribution at the genome-wide level, which lays the foundation for the in-depth analysis of the population characteristics of this excellent local pig breed, the genetic basis for the development of important traits, and the scientific conservation and utilization of the core population.

Key words: Meihuaxing pig, population genetic structure, runs of homozygosity, genetic diversity, SNP chips

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