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Patterns of expression of messenger RNAs encoding GDF9, BMP15, TGFBR1, BMPR1B, and BMPR2 during follicular development and characterization of ovarian follicular populations in ewes carrying the Woodlands FecX2W mutation.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Dec 2007
Feary Elisabeth S, Juengel Jennifer L, Smith Peter, French Michelle C, O'Connell Anne R, Lawrence Stephen B, Galloway Susan M, Davis George H, McNatty Kenneth P
Abstract excerpt
Woodlands sheep have a putative genetic mutation (FecX2(W)) that increases ovulation rate. At present, the identity of FecX2(W) is unknown. The trait does not appear to be due to the previously described mutations in bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15), growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9), or bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 1B (BMPR1B) that affect ovulation rate in sheep. Potentially, FecX2(W) could...
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