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SUBMITTER: Di R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8698048 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Ran R Wang Fengyan F Yu Ping P Wang Xiangyu X He Xiaoyun X Mwacharo Joram Mwashigadi JM Pan Linxiang L Chu Mingxing M
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20211210 12
Litter size is an important economic trait in the mutton sheep industry. <i>BMP15</i> is one of the key candidate genes for litter size in sheep. In this study, the entire ORF region of <i>BMP15</i> was sequenced in 154 Luzhong mutton ewes, and the novel variations were determined. The association between polymorphism in <i>BMP15</i> and litter size was analyzed using a general linear model. Six out of a total of thirteen variations were identified to be novel. Association analysis indicated tha ...[more]