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A novel SMAD family protein, SMAD9 is involved in follicular initiation and changes egg yield of geese via synonymous mutations in exon1 and intron2.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jan 2015
Xu Jun, Li Jun, Wang Haosen, Wang Guanglin, Chen Jie, Huang Pin, Cheng Jienan, Gan Lu, Wang Zhao, Cai Yafei
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Elevation of egg performance is vital to goose farming. Many poultry scientists are seeking for efficient molecular genetic markers associated with egg yield. In this study, mRNA differential display was adopted to investigate gene expression profiling in the follicular development of goose. For the first time, a novel SMAD family protein SMAD9 (EST CJ111007) was found to be involved in follicular initiation and...
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