Recently, the research team led by Professor Kang Xiangtao in HAU, in collaboration with the University of Western Australia and other institutes, constructed chicken pan-genome for the first time in the word and identified the causal variations of IGF2BP1, a major gene affecting growth traits in chickens. The research results were published online as a research article in the Journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution (IF=16.24) on July 30, 2021.
Professor Kang and his team have been committed to protection and utilization of indigenous chicken genetic resources for a long time. The constructed pan-genome in this research will provide important theoretical guidance for the analysis of the genetic mechanisms of the economicly important complex traits, germplasm resource identification, and protection and utilization of local chickens in China. The molecular marker of the causal variation in the gene IGF2BP1, discovered for the first time, will provide important technical support for the revitalization of breeding industry in China’s “fourteenth Five-year Plan” and solve the “bottleneck” problem of breeding industry.
Link to this paper:https://academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-article/doi/10.1093/molbev/msab231/6332014
Edited by Chen Xi Translated by Guo Jingyu Proofread by Ma Xiaoxing, Tian Yadong Authorized by Zhou Hongfei
