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Functional characterization of polymorphic variants for ovine MT1 melatonin receptors: possible implication for seasonal reproduction in sheep.
Animal reproduction science - 1 Dec 2010
Trecherel E, Batailler M, Chesneau D, Delagrange P, Malpaux B, Chemineau P, Migaud M
Abstract excerpt
In seasonal breeding species, the gene encoding for the melatonin MT(1) receptor (oMT(1)) is highly polymorphic and numerous data have reported the existence of an association between an allele of the receptor and a marked expression of the seasonality of reproduction in ewes. This allele called "m" (previously named "-" allele) carries a mutation leading to the absence of a MnlI restriction site as opposed to...
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