High-throughput single-nucleotide polymorphism discovery and the search for candidate genes for long-term SIVmac nonprogression in Chinese rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

J. Satkoski Trask, W. T. Garnica, R. S. Malhi, S. Kanthaswamy, D. G. Smith

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Abstract

Background Genetic differences between Indian and Chinese rhesus macaques contribute to the phenotypic variance of clinical trials, including infection with SIVmac. The completion of the rhesus genome has facilitated the discovery of several thousand markers. Methods We developed a genome-wide SNP map for rhesus macaques containing 3869 validated markers with an average distance of 0.88 Mb and used the program VarLD to identify genomic areas with significant differences in linkage disequilibrium (LD) between Indian-derived and Chinese rhesus macaques. Results Forty-one statistically significant differences in LD between Chinese and Indian-origin rhesus were detected on chromosomes 1, 4, 5 and 11. The region of greatest LD difference was located on the proximal end of chromosome one, which also contained the genes ELAVL4, MAST2 and HIVEP3. Conclusion These genomic areas provide entry to more detailed studies of gene function. This method is also applicable to the study of differences in biomarkers between regional populations of other species.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)224-232
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Medical Primatology
Volume40
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2011

Keywords

  • Linkage disequilibrium
  • Primate biomedicine selection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • veterinary(all)

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