GDF9 gene polymorphism and its association with litter size in two Russian sheep breeds

• Published in: Atti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze fisiche e naturali Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 61 - 66
• Main Authors: Gorlov, Ivan F., Kolosov, Yuri A., Shirokova, Nadezhda V., Getmantseva, Lyubov V., Slozhenkina, Marina I., Mosolova, Natali I., Bakoev, Nekruz F., Leonova, Maria A., Kolosov, Anatoli Yu, Zlobina, Elena Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.03.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Alleles; Animal populations; Animals; Biomedicine; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Environment; Fertility; Gene frequency; Gene polymorphism; Genotype & phenotype; Genotypes; History of Science; Life Sciences; Litter size; Low level; Mutation; Ovis aries; Polymorphism; Population genetics; Population studies; Sheep; PCR–RFLP; Reproductive traits; SNP; MAS; Sheep breeding

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 the GDF9 gene (GDF9/G1 and GDF9/G4 sites) in Salsk and Volgograd sheep breeds was studied. Mutations of the GDF9 ge...