In livestock, single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping arrays have been used to differentiate breeds and populations for several downstream applications, including breed allocation of individuals, breeds of origin of crossbred animals, authentication of mono breed products, comparative analyses of selection signatures among several other uses. We already tested a combination of principal component analysis (PCA), used as preselection method, and random forest (RF) used as classification method to assign cosmopolitan Italian breeds with no or very low error rate. In this work, we increased the number of breeds and approaches, to have a more comprehensive view of the strategies available and the applicability to local Italian breeds. The most common cosmopolitan dairy or dual purpose breeds (Holstein, Brown, Simmental) and 3 local breeds subjected to limited or no breeding programs (Reggiana, Modicana and Cinisara) were analyzed comparing several methods of SNPs pre-selection (Delta, Fst and PCA) in addition to RF classifications. From these classifications, two panels of 96 and 48 SNPs that contained the most discriminant SNPs were created for each pre-selection method. The results showed that the 96-SNP panels were generally more able to discriminate all breeds, while for the 48- SNP panels the error rate increased mainly for autochthonous breeds, particularly for Cinisara. This was probably a consequence of limited selection pressure, admixed origin, and ascertain bias on the construction of the SNP chip that was not designed considering these breeds. Several selected SNPs are located nearby genes affecting breed-specific traits (e.g. coat color and stature) or associated to production traits. The 96-SNP panel obtained after a preselection chromosome by chromosome, and used in the previous work with cosmopolitan breeds only, could identify informative SNPs that were particularly useful for the assignment of minor breeds. This panel reached the lowest value of out of bag (OOB) error in the RF test even in the Cinisara, whose value was quite high in all other panels. Moreover, this panel contained also the lowest number of SNPs in linkage disequilibrium. Our results showed the usefulness and power of the combination of PCA pre-selection and RF also for the discrimination of local cattle breeds.

F. Bertolini, G. Galimberti, S. Mastrangelo, R. Di Gerlando, M. G. Strillacci, A. Bagnato, et al. (2017). Application of SNP reduction approaches and random forest for the identification of population informative markers in cosmopolitan and local cattle breeds. In Proceedings 22nd ASPA Congress.

Application of SNP reduction approaches and random forest for the identification of population informative markers in cosmopolitan and local cattle breeds

MASTRANGELO, Salvatore;DI GERLANDO, Rosalia;PORTOLANO, Baldassare;
2017-01-01

Abstract

In livestock, single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping arrays have been used to differentiate breeds and populations for several downstream applications, including breed allocation of individuals, breeds of origin of crossbred animals, authentication of mono breed products, comparative analyses of selection signatures among several other uses. We already tested a combination of principal component analysis (PCA), used as preselection method, and random forest (RF) used as classification method to assign cosmopolitan Italian breeds with no or very low error rate. In this work, we increased the number of breeds and approaches, to have a more comprehensive view of the strategies available and the applicability to local Italian breeds. The most common cosmopolitan dairy or dual purpose breeds (Holstein, Brown, Simmental) and 3 local breeds subjected to limited or no breeding programs (Reggiana, Modicana and Cinisara) were analyzed comparing several methods of SNPs pre-selection (Delta, Fst and PCA) in addition to RF classifications. From these classifications, two panels of 96 and 48 SNPs that contained the most discriminant SNPs were created for each pre-selection method. The results showed that the 96-SNP panels were generally more able to discriminate all breeds, while for the 48- SNP panels the error rate increased mainly for autochthonous breeds, particularly for Cinisara. This was probably a consequence of limited selection pressure, admixed origin, and ascertain bias on the construction of the SNP chip that was not designed considering these breeds. Several selected SNPs are located nearby genes affecting breed-specific traits (e.g. coat color and stature) or associated to production traits. The 96-SNP panel obtained after a preselection chromosome by chromosome, and used in the previous work with cosmopolitan breeds only, could identify informative SNPs that were particularly useful for the assignment of minor breeds. This panel reached the lowest value of out of bag (OOB) error in the RF test even in the Cinisara, whose value was quite high in all other panels. Moreover, this panel contained also the lowest number of SNPs in linkage disequilibrium. Our results showed the usefulness and power of the combination of PCA pre-selection and RF also for the discrimination of local cattle breeds.
Settore AGR/17 - Zootecnica Generale E Miglioramento Genetico
22nd ASPA Congress
Perugia
13-16 giugno 2017
XXII
2017
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F. Bertolini, G. Galimberti, S. Mastrangelo, R. Di Gerlando, M. G. Strillacci, A. Bagnato, et al. (2017). Application of SNP reduction approaches and random forest for the identification of population informative markers in cosmopolitan and local cattle breeds. In Proceedings 22nd ASPA Congress.
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F. Bertolini; G. Galimberti; S. Mastrangelo; R. Di Gerlando; M. G. Strillacci; A. Bagnato; B. Portolano; L.Fontanesi .
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