Genome-wide analysis reveals the extent of EAV-HP integration in domestic chicken

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Wragg, David, Mason, Andrew S., Yu, Le, Kuo, Richard, Lawal, Raman A., Desta, Takele Taye, Mwacharo, Joram M., Cho, Chang-Yeon, Kemp, Steve, Burt, David W. and Hanotte, Olivier (2015) Genome-wide analysis reveals the extent of EAV-HP integration in domestic chicken. BMC Genomics, 16 . 784/1-784/10. ISSN 1471-2164

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Abstract

Background: EAV-HP is an ancient retrovirus pre-dating Gallus speciation, which continues to circulate in modern chicken populations, and led to the emergence of avian leukosis virus subgroup J causing significant economic losses to the poultry industry. We mapped EAV-HP integration sites in Ethiopian village chickens, a Silkie, Taiwan Country chicken, red junglefowl Gallusgallus and several inbred experimental lines using whole-genome sequence data.

Results: An average of 75.22 ± 9.52 integration sites per bird were identified, which collectively group into 279 intervals of which 5% are common to 90% of the genomes analysed and are suggestive of pre-domestication integration events. More than a third of intervals are specific to individual genomes, supporting active circulation of EAV-HP in modern chickens. Interval density is correlated with chromosome length (P<2.31−6), and 27 % of intervals are located within 5 kb of a transcript. Functional annotation clustering of genes reveals enrichment for immune-related functions (P<0.05).

Conclusions: Our results illustrate a non-random distribution of EAV-HP in the genome, emphasising the importance it may have played in the adaptation of the species, and provide a platform from which to extend investigations on the co-evolutionary significance of endogenous retroviral genera with their hosts.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/763866
Keywords: Retrovirus, Symbiosis, Adaptation, Immunogenetics, Genetics, NGS, Gallus
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Life Sciences
Identification Number: 10.1186/s12864-015-1954-x
Depositing User: Hanotte, Olivier
Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2016 08:41
Last Modified: 15 Aug 2024 15:17
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/34507

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