Article
Polymorphism of GDF9 gene and its association with litter size in goats.
Veterinary research communications - 1 Aug 2011
Chu M X, Wu Z H, Feng T, Cao G L, Fang L, Di R, Huang D W, Li X W, Li N
Abstract excerpt
Growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) was studied as a candidate gene for high prolificacy in goats. The polymorphism of exon 1 and flanking of GDF9 gene was detected by PCR-SSCP in five goat breeds with different prolificacy. Three genotypes (AA, AB and BB) were detected in goat breeds joined and two silent mutations (c.183A>C and c.336C>T) were identified in comparison genotype AA with genotype BB....
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Exons
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Goats
- Growth Differentiation Factor 9
- Litter Size
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation