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Indel mutations of sheep PLAG1 gene and their associations with growth traits.
Animal biotechnology - 1 Dec 2022
Pan Yun, Wang Min, Wu Hui, Akhatayeva Zhanerke, Lan Xianyong, Fei Panfeng, Mao Cui, Jiang Fugui
Abstract excerpt
Pleiomorphic adenoma gene 1 (PLAG1) is mainly expressed in embryonic development, and it is reported to take an effect on the growth performance of mice, cattle, pigs, and sheep. To explore how conservative the PLAG1 is in different sheep breeds, the effects of the two indel variants on the growth traits of the Chinese Luxi blackhead (LXBH) sheep were firstly detected. The P2-del 30 bp and P4-del 45 bp indel loci...
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