A missense mutation in growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) is strongly associated with litter size in sheep

BMC Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Våge, Dag I ^a   Husdal, Maren ^a   Kent, Matthew P ^a   Klemetsdal, Gunnar ^a   Boman, Inger A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b The Norwegian Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHROMOSOME 5; FERTILITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; LITTER SIZE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; LITTER SIZE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84871699148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-14-1     Document Type: Article

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