Data from: Estimating genome-wide heterozygosity: effects of demographic history and marker type

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Heterozygosity–fitness correlations (HFCs) are often used to link individual genetic variation to differences in fitness. However, most studies examining HFCs find weak or no correlations. Here, we derive broad theoretical predictions about how many loci are needed to adequately measure genomic heterozygosity assuming different levels of identity disequilibrium (ID), a proxy for inbreeding. We then evaluate the expected ability to detect HFCs using an empirical data set of 200 microsatellites and 412 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyped in two populations of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), with different demographic histories. In both populations, heterozygosity was significantly correlated across marker types, although the strength of the correlation was weaker in a native population compared with one founded via translocation and later supplemented with additional individuals. Despite being bi-allelic, SNPs had similar correlations to genome-wide heterozygosity as microsatellites in both populations. For both marker types, this association became stronger and less variable as more markers were considered. Both populations had significant levels of ID; however, estimates were an order of magnitude lower in the native population. As with heterozygosity, SNPs performed similarly to microsatellites, and precision and accuracy of the estimates of ID increased as more loci were considered. Although dependent on the demographic history of the population considered, these results illustrate that genome-wide heterozygosity, and therefore HFCs, are best measured by a large number of markers, a feat now more realistically accomplished with SNPs than microsatellites.

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Auteur(s) :

Miller, Joshua M.

Miller, Joshua M.

University of Alberta

, Malenfant, René M.

Malenfant, René M.

University of Alberta

, David, Patrice

David, Patrice

Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

, Davis, Corey S.

Davis, Corey S.

University of Alberta

, Poissant, Jocelyn

Poissant, Jocelyn

University of Sheffield

, Hogg, John T.

Hogg, John T.

Montana Conservation Science Institute, Missoula, USA

, Festa-Bianchet, Marco

Festa-Bianchet, Marco

Université de Sherbrooke

et Coltman, David W.

Coltman, David W.

University of Alberta

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Dépôt source:

Dryad

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URL:

https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6vk48

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Date de publication:

2013-09-17

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Mots-clés (en):

Ovis canadensis, standardized multilocus heterozygosity, et identity disequilibrium

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Data from: Estimating genome-wide heterozygosity: effects of demographic history and marker type. (2013). [Data set]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6vk48

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