Phenotypic effects of a fertility mutation in Norwegian white sheep
Norwegian White Sheep (NWS) is a synthetic breed that results from crosses between local Norwegian and foreign breeds. This breed is mainly kept for the meat production, and litter size is therefore a trait of large economic value. A mutation in the ovine GDF9 gene (c.1111G>A) on chromosome 5 was re...
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SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics (until 231231)
2013
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