Breeding for higher prolificacy may improve lamb production efficiency in semi-intensive and
intensive sheep-production systems. Crossbreeding of native breeds with exotic prolific …

Simple Summary GDF9 and BMPR1B are two important reproduction genes. In this study,
the whole coding region of GDF9 was sequenced, of which the mutations were detected in …

绵羊是重要的农业经济动物之一, 不同绵羊品种具有各自独特的性状. 利用性状存在变异的绵羊
个体, 对其进行基因组水平的分析, 可以定位获得影响某种性状的基因区段或主效突变位点 …

The purpose of this work was to study the GDF9 gene polymorphism in two sheep breeds
raised in Russia and to identify its association with litter size. A variety of allelic variants of …

Litter size is an economically important trait in sheep breeding. The objectives of this study
were as follows:(1) to ascertain if any of the 19 known variants in the BMPRIB, BMP1 5, and …

Simple Summary BMPRIB, GDF9, BMP15, LEPR, and B4GALNT2 genes were regarded as
leading candidates for reproductive traits in sheep. Our recent studies identified 13 novel …

Simple Summary Litter size is one of the most important reproductive traits in sheep. Two
single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), g. 71874104G> A and g. 71833755T> C, in the …

The aim of this study was to investigate the selection signatures at a genome-wide level in
'Pishan'sheep using Specific Locus Amplified Fragment (SLAF)-seq. Blood samples from …

Growth differentiation factor (GDF) 9 gene is involved in regulating reproductive traits in
animals, but little is known about the promoter, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) …

Hu sheep is a renowned prolific local sheep breed in China, widely distributed across the
country due to its excellent reproductive performance. Deciphering the molecular …