Data from: Genetic characterization of dog personality traits
The genetic architecture of behavioural traits in dogs is of great interest to owners, breeders and professionals involved in animal welfare, as well as to scientists studying the genetics of animal (including human) behaviour. The genetic component of dog behaviour is supported by between-breed dif...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::fce81d38f1aeb088dbdd6dbdf5b38497 2023-05-15T15:50:54+02:00 Data from: Genetic characterization of dog personality traits Ilska, Joanna Haskell, Marie J. Blott, Sarah C. Sanchez-Molano, Enrique Polgar, Zita Lofgren, Sarah E. Clements, Dylan N. Wiener, Pamela 2018-04-06 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.171q5 en eng Dryad http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.171q5 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.171q5 lic_creative-commons 10.5061/dryad.171q5 oai:services.nod.dans.knaw.nl:Products/dans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:102107 oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:102107 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|re3data_____::94816e6421eeb072e7742ce6a9decc5f 10|eurocrisdris::fe4903425d9040f680d8610d9079ea14 re3data_____::r3d100000044 10|re3data_____::84e123776089ce3c7a33db98d9cd15a8 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 current personality Canis lupus familiaris temperament canine genetics genome-wide association heritability Life sciences medicine and health care United Kingdom envir psy Dataset https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_ddb1/ 2018 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.171q5 2023-01-22T16:53:03Z The genetic architecture of behavioural traits in dogs is of great interest to owners, breeders and professionals involved in animal welfare, as well as to scientists studying the genetics of animal (including human) behaviour. The genetic component of dog behaviour is supported by between-breed differences and some evidence of within-breed variation. However, it is a challenge to gather sufficiently large datasets to dissect the genetic basis of complex traits such as behaviour, which are both time-consuming and logistically difficult to measure, and known to be influenced by non-genetic factors. In this study, we exploited the knowledge that owners have of their dogs to generate a large dataset of personality traits in Labrador Retrievers. While accounting for key environmental factors, we demonstrate that genetic variance can be detected for dog personality traits assessed using questionnaire data. We identified substantial genetic variance for several traits, including fetching tendency and fear of loud noises, while other traits revealed negligibly small heritabilities. Genetic correlations were also estimated between traits, however, due to fairly large standard errors, only a handful of trait pairs yielded statistically significant estimates. Genomic analyses indicated that these traits are mainly polygenic, such that individual genomic regions have small effects, and suggested chromosomal associations for six of the traits. The polygenic nature of these traits is consistent with previous behavioural genetics studies in other species, for example in mouse, and confirms that large datasets are required to quantify the genetic variance and to identify the individual genes that influence behavioural traits. archive.tarCompressed plink files for 885 dogs (see README file for description)all_traits_1975dogs_dryadbehavioural traits and fixed effects for 1975 dogs Dataset Canis lupus Unknown |
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The genetic architecture of behavioural traits in dogs is of great interest to owners, breeders and professionals involved in animal welfare, as well as to scientists studying the genetics of animal (including human) behaviour. The genetic component of dog behaviour is supported by between-breed differences and some evidence of within-breed variation. However, it is a challenge to gather sufficiently large datasets to dissect the genetic basis of complex traits such as behaviour, which are both time-consuming and logistically difficult to measure, and known to be influenced by non-genetic factors. In this study, we exploited the knowledge that owners have of their dogs to generate a large dataset of personality traits in Labrador Retrievers. While accounting for key environmental factors, we demonstrate that genetic variance can be detected for dog personality traits assessed using questionnaire data. We identified substantial genetic variance for several traits, including fetching tendency and fear of loud noises, while other traits revealed negligibly small heritabilities. Genetic correlations were also estimated between traits, however, due to fairly large standard errors, only a handful of trait pairs yielded statistically significant estimates. Genomic analyses indicated that these traits are mainly polygenic, such that individual genomic regions have small effects, and suggested chromosomal associations for six of the traits. The polygenic nature of these traits is consistent with previous behavioural genetics studies in other species, for example in mouse, and confirms that large datasets are required to quantify the genetic variance and to identify the individual genes that influence behavioural traits. archive.tarCompressed plink files for 885 dogs (see README file for description)all_traits_1975dogs_dryadbehavioural traits and fixed effects for 1975 dogs |
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