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Evaluation of inbreeding and genetic diversity in Japanese Shorthorn cattle by pedigree analysis
Authors:Yoshinobu Uemoto  Keiichi Suzuki  Jumpei Yasuda  Sanggun Roh  Masahiro Satoh
Affiliation:1. Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan;2. Iwate Prefecture Livestock Research Center, Takizawa, Iwate, Japan
Abstract:The Japanese Shorthorn is a Japanese Wagyu breed maintained at a small population size. We assessed the degree of inbreeding and genetic diversity among Japanese Shorthorn cattle using pedigree analysis. We analyzed the pedigree records of registered Japanese Shorthorn born between 1980 and 2018, after evaluating the pedigree completeness. The average of the actual inbreeding coefficients increased at the same rates annually from approximately 1.5% in 1980 to 4.2% in 2018 and was higher than the expected inbreeding coefficients over time. The effective population size based on the individual coancestry rate largely decreased from 127.8 in 1980 to 82.6 in 1999, and then remained almost constant at approximately 90. Three effective numbers of ancestors decreased over time until 1995, then remained almost constant. In particular, the effective number of founder genomes (Nge) decreased from 43.8 in 1980 to 11.9 in 2018. The index of genetic diversity based on Nge decreased from 0.99 in 1980 to 0.96 in 2018 due to genetic drift in non-founder generations. Changes in inbreeding and genetic diversity parameters were similar between Japanese Shorthorn and other Japanese Wagyu breeds, but the magnitude of the changes was lower in the Japanese Shorthorn.
Keywords:effective population size  genetic diversity  inbreeding coefficient  Japanese Shorthorn  pedigree analysis
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