PMID- 22002122 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120202 LR - 20111017 IS - 1676-5680 (Electronic) IS - 1676-5680 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 4 DP - 2011 Oct 3 TI - Polymorphisms associated with egg number at 300 days of age in chickens. PG - 2279-89 LID - 10.4238/2011.October.3.5 [doi] AB - We looked for variations that could be associated with chicken egg number at 300 days of age (EN300) in seven genes of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, including gonadotrophin-releasing hormone-I (GnRH-I), GnRH receptor (GnRHR), neuropeptide Y (NPY), dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), VIP receptor-1 (VIPR-1), prolactin (PRL), and the QTL region between 87 and 105 cM of the Z chromosome. Ten mutations in the seven genes were chosen to do marker-trait association analyses in a population comprising 1310 chickens, which were obtained from a company located in Guangdong Province of China. The C1704887T of VIPR-1 was found to have a highly significant association with EN300. The T5841629C of DRD2 and the C1715301T of VIPR-1 were significantly associated with EN300. A highly significant association was also found between the C1704887T-C1715301T haplotypes of VIPR-1 and EN300. H1H3 had the highest EN300. Four PCR-RFLP variations in the candidate QTL region were selected to investigate their genetic effects on EN300. The haplotypes of T32742468C-G32742603A in this region showed a highly significant association with EN300. Bioinformatics analyses showed that both T32742468C and G32742603A were located in intron 1 of the SH3-domain GRB2-like 2 (SH3GL2) gene. We conclude that five SNPs, including C1704887T and C1715301T of VIPR-1, T5841629C of DRD2, and T32742468C and G32742603A of SH3GL2, would be useful as markers for breeding to increase chicken EN300. FAU - Xu, H P AU - Xu HP AD - Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. FAU - Zeng, H AU - Zeng H FAU - Zhang, D X AU - Zhang DX FAU - Jia, X L AU - Jia XL FAU - Luo, C L AU - Luo CL FAU - Fang, M X AU - Fang MX FAU - Nie, Q H AU - Nie QH FAU - Zhang, X Q AU - Zhang XQ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20111003 PL - Brazil TA - Genet Mol Res JT - Genetics and molecular research : GMR JID - 101169387 RN - 0 (Neuropeptide Y) RN - 0 (Receptors, Dopamine D2) RN - 0 (Receptors, LHRH) RN - 0 (Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, Type I) RN - 37221-79-7 (Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide) RN - 9002-62-4 (Prolactin) SB - IM MH - *Aging MH - Animals MH - Chickens/*genetics/metabolism MH - Female MH - *Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System MH - Neuropeptide Y/genetics/metabolism MH - *Ovum MH - *Polymorphism, Genetic MH - Prolactin/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Dopamine D2/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, LHRH/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, Type I/genetics/metabolism MH - Sex Chromosomes/*genetics MH - Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/genetics/metabolism EDAT- 2011/10/18 06:00 MHDA- 2012/02/03 06:00 CRDT- 2011/10/18 06:00 PHST- 2011/10/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/10/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/02/03 06:00 [medline] AID - gmr1167 [pii] AID - 10.4238/2011.October.3.5 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Genet Mol Res. 2011 Oct 3;10(4):2279-89. doi: 10.4238/2011.October.3.5.