Effects of vertebral number variations on carcass traits and genotyping of Vertnin candidate gene in Kazakh sheep.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The vertebral number is associated with body length and carcass traits, which represents an economically important trait in farm animals. The variation of vertebral number has been observed in a few mammalian species. However, the variation of vertebral number and quantitative trait loci in sheep breeds have not been well addressed.

Methods

In our investigation, the information including gender, age, carcass weight, carcass length and the number of thoracic and lumbar vertebrae from 624 China Kazakh sheep was collected. The effect of vertebral number variation on carcass weight and carcass length was estimated by general linear model. Further, the polymorphic sites of Vertnin (VRTN) gene were identified by sequencing, and the association of the genotype and

SUBMITTER: Zhang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5582278 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature