Wencheng Zong, Runze Zhao, Xiaoyan Wang, Chenyu Zhou, Jinbu Wang, Cai Chen, Naiqi Niu, Yao Zheng, Li Chen, Xin Liu, Xinhua Hou, Fuping Zhao, Ligang Wang, Lixian Wang, Chengyi Song, Longchao Zhang
Transposable elements (TEs) mobility is capable of generating a large number of structural variants (SVs), which can have considerable potential as molecular markers for genetic analysis and molecular breeding in livestock. Our results showed that the pig genome contains mainly TE-SVs generated by short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) (51,873/76.49%), followed by long interspersed nuclear elements (LINEs) (11,131/16.41%), and more than 84% of the common TE-SVs (Minor allele frequency, MAF > 0.10) were validated to be polymorphic...
March 6, 2024: DNA Research: An International Journal for Rapid Publication of Reports on Genes and Genomes