SNP Genotyping Characterizes the Genome Composition of the New Baisary Fat-Tailed Sheep Breed.

ABSTRACT: Lamb meat has become increasingly popular in several nations during the last few decades, especially in Kazakhstan. Due to the rising demand for lamb meat, our sheep breeders developed a new fat-tailed sheep and named the breed Baisary. Animals of the Baisary breed are characterized by a large physique, strong constitution, stretched body, deep and wide chest, medium or large-sized fat tail, long legs (height at the withers of adult rams 85-100 cm, sheep 75-90 cm), long lanceolate ears and strong hooves. Lambs of the Baisary breed surpass their peers of the original parent breeds by 15-20% in live weight at the weaning period. To characterize the genetic structure of Baisary sheep and compare it with the ancestral breeds, we genotyped 247 individuals from five sheep breeds with Ovine SNP50

SUBMITTER: Zhumadillayev N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9179407 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature