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Short variation of the sheep PDGFD gene is correlated with litter size.
Gene - 30 Nov 2022
Su Peng, Luo Yunyun, Huang Yangming, Akhatayeva Zhanerke, Xin Dongyun, Guo Zhengang, Pan Chuanying, Zhang Qingfeng, Xu Hongwei, Lan Xianyong
Abstract excerpt
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) family, exert plays a key role in embryonic development, cell proliferation, cell migration, angiogenesis and reproduction. Related studies about GWAS analyses have found that PDGFD significantly affected deposition of tail fat in sheep, but there are no studies on reproduction in animals. In this study, three breed of sheep were used to find insertion/deletion (indel)...
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