Recognition of the genes that influence livestock production characteristics has allowed
researchers to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with phenotypic …

Polymorphisms in the growth hormone (GH) and IGF type-1 (IGF1) genes have been
associated with the economic traits in farm animals, including BW of some sheep breeds …

The study was carried on 68 ewes of local Awassi sheep in the Al-Kafeel sheep station
Karbala governorate, Iraq for the period from 1/10/2017 to 1/8/2018. Genetic analysis was …

In livestock, selection programs utilizing quantitative genetics are time consuming due to
long generation interval and sometimes of lowly heritable traits. Several genes to be used in …

A study was conducted at Barakat Abul-Fadhul Station located in Kerbala province for
Sheep Production on a total of 63 pregnant ewes from two local breeds (36 Nuimi and 27 …

Background There is a strong relationship between growth traits and genes. Identifying
genotypes associated with superior phenotypic traits allows for targeted selection, facilitating …

The present study was carried out to study the polymorphism in the GH gene and its
association with various performance and body conformation traits, viz., birth weight (B-WT) …

Growth hormone (GH), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), and leptin (LEP) can be candidate
genes for association studies because they play vital roles in the metabolism process. Thus …

Merino cross sheep (75% Merino× 25% Garut) are introduced by the government of
Indonesia for meat production purposes. The present study aimed to determine the …

The objective of this study was to characterize single nucleotide polymorphisms at the
Calpain (CAPN), Calpastatin (CAST), Leptin (LEP), Growth Hormone (GH), Growth Hormone …