In farm animals, both genetic and non-genetic factors affect reproductive traits. These factors
can be categorized as intrinsic and extrinsic. Extrinsic factors relate to the animal's …

The mutation types GDF9 S395F and S427R increase the ovulation rate in heterozygotes,
while the homozygous form leads to infertility. This study presents a meta-analysis of GDF9 …

Reproductive traits hold considerable economic importance in pig breeding and production.
However, candidate genes underpinning the reproductive traits are still poorly identified. In …

Feed cost accounts for a high proportion of sheep production, and improving sheep's
utilization of feed will reduce production costs and improve economic benefits. The purpose …

The pituitary gland directly regulates the reproduction of domestic animals. Research has
increasingly focused on the potential regulatory mechanism of non-coding RNA in pituitary …

In recent decades in many countries of the world the development of sheep farming is
determined by the efficiency of mutton production. One of the promising areas of selection …

Litter size is one of the crucial factors in livestock production and is of high economic value,
which is affected by ovulation rate, hormones, and growth factors. Growth factors play a …

Simple Summary BMP15 is a critical gene in sheep reproduction. Most of its variations have
been reported in European sheep. In this study, the entire open reading frame (ORF) region …

Excessive fat deposition in the tail of sheep will affect its feed efficiency, which will increase
the feeding cost. The purpose of this study was to identify the single nucleotide …

绵羊是重要的农业经济动物之一, 不同绵羊品种具有各自独特的性状. 利用性状存在变异的绵羊
个体, 对其进行基因组水平的分析, 可以定位获得影响某种性状的基因区段或主效突变位点 …