Abstract
The aim of this study was to perform genome-wide association analyses for backfat thickness and osteochondrosis in Landrace pigs and to fine map pleiotropic genomic regions. In order to characterise genomic regions, phenotypic information of 5,000 animals with osteochondrosis scored from CT images and 40,000 animals with backfat thickness scored from CT or ultrasound images were analysed. All animals were genotyped with a medium density SNP chip and a subset of them were genotyped with a high-density SNP chip as well, allowing for imputation. Two genomic loci were found in common for osteochondrosis and backfat thickness, one on chromosome 5 and one on chromosome 14. For both regions, an antagonistic relationship was found. Fine mapping using an impact score approach identified the CCND2 gene as the most likely causal gene on chromosome 5, whereas a mutation in CRTAC1 had the highest impact score in the chromosome 14 region.
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