Identification of novel genes associated with litter size of indigenous sheep population in Xinjiang, China using specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing technology

Background There are abundant sheep breed resources in the Xinjiang region of China attributing to its diverse ecological system, which include several high-litter size sheep populations. Previous studies have confirmed that the major high prolificacy gene cannot be used to detect high litter size....

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Main Authors: Haiyu Ma, Chao Fang, Lingling Liu, Qiong Wang, Jueken Aniwashi, Yiming Sulaiman, Kezierkailedi Abudilaheman, Wujun Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019-11-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8079.pdf