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Genome-wide analyses reveal a strong association between LEPR gene variants and body fat reserves in ewes.
BMC genomics - 1 Jun 2022
Macé Tiphaine, González-García Eliel, Foulquié Didier, Carrière Fabien, Pradel Julien, Durand Christian, Douls Sebastien, Allain Charlotte, Parisot Sara, Hazard Dominique
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BACKGROUND: Among the adaptive capacities of animals, the management of energetic body reserves (BR) through the BR mobilization and accretion processes (BR dynamics, BRD) has become an increasingly valuable attribute for livestock sustainability, allowing animals to cope with more variable environments. BRD has previously been reported to be heritable in ruminants. In the present work, we conducted genome-wide...
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