OMIA:002362-9615 : Fecundity, GDF9-related in Canis lupus familiaris (dog) |
In other species: goat , sheep
Categories: Reproductive system phene
Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 601918 (gene) , 618014 (trait)
Links to MONDO diseases: No links.
Mendelian trait/disorder: no
Mode of inheritance: Multifactorial
Considered a defect: no
Key variant known: yes
Year key variant first reported: 2019
Inheritance: Torrecilha et al. (2020): "The trait [average litter size] heritability was estimated at 43.1%, from which approximately 15% was accountable by the GDF9 locus alone. Therefore, markers flanking GDF9 explained approximately 6.5% of the variance in ALS."
Molecular basis: A GWAS for average litter size (ALS) in Entlebucher Mountain dogs conducted by Torrecilha et al. (2020) highlighted the GDF9 gene, mutations in which are central to fecundity in sheep. Further investigation "revealed two missense substitutions in GDF9, one of which (g.11:21147009G>A) affected a highly conserved nucleotide in vertebrates. The derived allele A was validated in 111 dogs and shown to be associated with decreased ALS (-0.75 ± 0.22 puppies per litter). The variant was further predicted to cause a proline to serine substitution. The affected residue was immediately followed by a six-residue deletion that is fixed in the canine species but absent in non-canids. We further confirmed that the deletion is prevalent in the Canidae family by sequencing three species of wild canids. Since canids uniquely ovulate oocytes at the prophase stage of the first meiotic division, requiring maturation in the oviduct, we conjecture that the amino acid substitution and the six-residue deletion of GDF9 may serve as a model for insights into the dynamics of oocyte maturation in canids."
Genetic engineering:
Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing
Breed:
Entlebucher Mountain Dog (Dog) (VBO_0200503).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. For breeds in which a likely causal variant has been documented, see the variant table below
Associated gene:
| Symbol | Description | Species | Chr | Location | OMIA gene details page | Other Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDF9 | growth differentiation factor 9 | Canis lupus familiaris | 11 | NC_051815.1 (21936235..21931257) | GDF9 | Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene |
Variants
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| OMIA Variant ID | Breed(s) | Variant Phenotype | Gene | Allele | Type of Variant | Source of Genetic Variant | Reference Sequence | Chr. | g. or m. | c. or n. | p. | Verbal Description | EVA ID | Inferred EVA rsID | Year Published | PubMed ID(s) | Acknowledgements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1150 | Entlebucher Mountain Dog (Dog) | Fecundity | GDF9 | missense | Naturally occurring variant | CanFam3.1 | 11 | g.21147009G>A | c.229C>T | p.(P77S) | NM_001168013.1; NP_001161485.1 | 2020 | 31802524 |
Cite this entry
Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2021). OMIA:002362-9615: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 2023 | Meadows, J.R.S., Kidd, J.M., Wang, G.D., Parker, H.G., Schall, P.Z., Bianchi, M., Christmas, M.J., Bougiouri, K., Buckley, R.M., Hitte, C., Nguyen, A.K., Wang, C., Jagannathan, V., Niskanen, J.E., Frantz, L.A.F., Arumilli, M., Hundi, S., Lindblad-Toh, K., Ginja, C., Agustina, K.K., André, C., Boyko, A.R., Davis, B.W., Drögemüller, M., Feng, X.Y., Gkagkavouzis, K., Iliopoulos, G., Harris, A.C., Hytönen, M.K., Kalthoff, D.C., Liu, Y.H., Lymberakis, P., Poulakakis, N., Pires, A.E., Racimo, F., Ramos-Almodovar, F., Savolainen, P., Venetsani, S., Tammen, I., Triantafyllidis, A., vonHoldt, B., Wayne, R.K., Larson, G., Nicholas, F.W., Lohi, H., Leeb, T., Zhang, Y.P., Ostrander, E.A. : |
| Genome sequencing of 2000 canids by the Dog10K consortium advances the understanding of demography, genome function and architecture. Genome Biol 24:187, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37582787. DOI: 10.1186/s13059-023-03023-7. | |
| 2020 | Torrecilha, R.B.P., Milanesi, M., Gallana, M., Falbo, A.K., Reichler, I.M., Hug, P., Jagannathan, V., Trigo, B.B., Paulan, S.C., Bruno, D.B., Garcia, S.D., Scaramele, N.F., Lopes, F.L., Dolf, G., Leeb, T., Sölkner, J., Garcia, J.F., Pieńkowska-Schelling, A., Schelling, C., Utsunomiya, Y.T. : |
| Association of missense variants in GDF9 with litter size in Entlebucher Mountain dogs. Anim Genet 51:78-86, 2020. Pubmed reference: 31802524. DOI: 10.1111/age.12882. |
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