Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis

Macaca fascicularis, also known as the cynomolgus macaque, is an important non-human primate animal model used in biomedical research. It is an Old-World primate widely distributed in Southeast Asia and is one of the most abundant macaque species in Malaysia. However, the genetic structure of wild c...

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Main Authors: Chang, Wendy, Ee Uli, J., Ng, Wei Lun, Rovie Ryan, Jeffrine J., Tan, Soon Guan, Yong, Christina Seok Yien
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Published: Nature Research 2019
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author Chang, Wendy
Ee Uli, J.
Ng, Wei Lun
Rovie Ryan, Jeffrine J.
Tan, Soon Guan
Yong, Christina Seok Yien
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Ee Uli, J.
Ng, Wei Lun
Rovie Ryan, Jeffrine J.
Tan, Soon Guan
Yong, Christina Seok Yien
author_sort Chang, Wendy
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description Macaca fascicularis, also known as the cynomolgus macaque, is an important non-human primate animal model used in biomedical research. It is an Old-World primate widely distributed in Southeast Asia and is one of the most abundant macaque species in Malaysia. However, the genetic structure of wild cynomolgus macaque populations in Malaysia has not been thoroughly elucidated. In this study, we developed genic-simple sequence repeat (genic-SSR) markers from an in-house transcriptome dataset generated from the Malaysian cynomolgus macaque via RNA sequencing, and applied these markers on 26 cynomolgus macaque individuals. A collection of 14,751 genic-SSRs were identified, where 13,709 were perfect SSRs. Dinucleotide repeats were the most common repeat motifs with a frequency of 65.05%, followed by trinucleotide repeats (20.55%). Subsequently, we designed 300 pairs of primers based on perfect di- and trinucleotide SSRs, in which 105 SSRs were associated with functional genes. A subset of 30 SSR markers were randomly selected and validated, yielding 19 polymorphic markers with an average polymorphism information content value of 0.431. The development of genic-SSR markers in this study is indeed timely to provide useful markers for functional and population genetic studies of the cynomolgus macaque and other related non-human primate species.
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spelling upm-794032021-03-31T01:39:37Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79403/ Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis Chang, Wendy Ee Uli, J. Ng, Wei Lun Rovie Ryan, Jeffrine J. Tan, Soon Guan Yong, Christina Seok Yien Macaca fascicularis, also known as the cynomolgus macaque, is an important non-human primate animal model used in biomedical research. It is an Old-World primate widely distributed in Southeast Asia and is one of the most abundant macaque species in Malaysia. However, the genetic structure of wild cynomolgus macaque populations in Malaysia has not been thoroughly elucidated. In this study, we developed genic-simple sequence repeat (genic-SSR) markers from an in-house transcriptome dataset generated from the Malaysian cynomolgus macaque via RNA sequencing, and applied these markers on 26 cynomolgus macaque individuals. A collection of 14,751 genic-SSRs were identified, where 13,709 were perfect SSRs. Dinucleotide repeats were the most common repeat motifs with a frequency of 65.05%, followed by trinucleotide repeats (20.55%). Subsequently, we designed 300 pairs of primers based on perfect di- and trinucleotide SSRs, in which 105 SSRs were associated with functional genes. A subset of 30 SSR markers were randomly selected and validated, yielding 19 polymorphic markers with an average polymorphism information content value of 0.431. The development of genic-SSR markers in this study is indeed timely to provide useful markers for functional and population genetic studies of the cynomolgus macaque and other related non-human primate species. Nature Research 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79403/1/Discovery%20of%20novel%20genic-SSR%20markers%20from%20transcriptome%20dataset%20of%20an%20important%20non-human%20primate%2C%20Macaca%20fascicularis%20.pdf Chang, Wendy and Ee Uli, J. and Ng, Wei Lun and Rovie Ryan, Jeffrine J. and Tan, Soon Guan and Yong, Christina Seok Yien (2019) Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis. Scientific Reports, 9. art. no. 8504. pp. 1-8. ISSN 2045-2322 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44870-4 10.1038/s41598-019-44870-4
spellingShingle Chang, Wendy
Ee Uli, J.
Ng, Wei Lun
Rovie Ryan, Jeffrine J.
Tan, Soon Guan
Yong, Christina Seok Yien
Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis
title Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis
title_full Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis
title_fullStr Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis
title_full_unstemmed Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis
title_short Discovery of novel genic-SSR markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, Macaca fascicularis
title_sort discovery of novel genic-ssr markers from transcriptome dataset of an important non-human primate, macaca fascicularis
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