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| Author(s): |
Cecília Rodrigues Alves Silveira
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Jaboticabal. 2017-03-21. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal |
| Defense date: | 2016-06-17 |
| Advisor: | Lindsay Unno Gimenes |
| Abstract | |
The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance in in vivo and in vitro embryo production in non-lactating Holstein donors, verify the occurrence of JY-1 gene polymorphisms and their association with the in vivo and in vitro embryo production. First, the similarity in embryo production from the same donor between biotechnologies (in vivo and in vitro production) was verified, being used 44 cows and the embryo production performance was compared. In in vivo embryo production no effects of year (P=0.13), season within year (P=0.46) and sire within the season and year (P=0.20) were found. Regarding in vitro embryo production, no effects of year (P=0.64) and season within year (P=0.72) were found, however, the effect of sire within season and year was significant (P<0.01). There was no correlation concerning embryo production between techniques within donors (r=- 0.04, P=0.56). No probability of similarity between the embryo production techniques, i.e., if the same donor has the same performance in two techniques (above or below of the average), was found (P=0.12). To check the occurrence of JY-1 gene polymorphisms and their association with embryo production, retrospective data from in vivo and in vitro embryo production were obtained from 144 non-lactating Holstein cows. For the identification off JY-1 gene polymorphisms, the region of exon 2 and intron 2 was amplified and sequenced by PCR-sequencing method. Four SNPs were found [two in exon 2 (rs381676360; rs384600927) and two in intron 2 (rs378994837; rs211595914)]. SNP rs381676360 caused a non-synonymous amino acid substitution (leucine/isoleucine) and rs384600927 a synonymous substitution of the valine amino acid. Regarding the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, one of the four genotypic frequencies was not in equilibrium (rs211595914; P<0.01). For linkage disequilibrium test (LD) higher r2 values (>0.33) were observed between the SNPs rs381676360, rs384600927 and rs378994837 (r2=0.767 to 0.973) and one SNP (rs211595914) showed lower r2 values (r2=0.016 to 0.025). The association of SNPs with the characteristics [number of in vivo transferable embryos (NET); in vivo transferable embryo rate; (%ET); number of in vitro embryos (NEV); cleavage rate (% CLIV) and in vitro embryo rate (%EV)] was observed. None of the SNPs alone was associated with traits. However, when all SNPs were considered together for the association, significant values were found for NET (P<0.01), NEV (P<0.01) and %EV (P<0.01). Thus, it is possible to conclude that the donor embryo production performance depends on the implemented technique. Still, the JY-1 gene has SNP polymorphisms and they are associated with embryo production in non-lactating Holstein cows. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/13162-1 - Study of polymorphisms in JY-1 gene and its association with in vivo and in vitro embryo production in Holstein donos (Bos taurus) |
| Grantee: | Cecília Rodrigues Alves Silveira |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |