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Investigation of SNPs in GDF9 gene and their relationship with some reproductive traits of Ossimi and Rahmani sheep in different lambing seasons.
BMC veterinary research - 2 Dec 2025
Hasanain Mahmoud H, Sosa Ahmed S A, Darwish Hassan R H, Sakr Abdelaziz M, Shedeed Sameh M
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BACKGROUND: Fertility is an important economic trait for sheep breeding. The growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) is a key gene influencing the reproductive traits in sheep. We focused on investigating SNPs in the GDF9 gene and their relationship with some reproductive traits like pre-mating weight, lambing weight, litter size (LS), DRIL (days from rams’ introduction to lambing), lamb birth weight, lamb gender...
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