A non-synonymous mutation in GDF9 is highly associated with litter size in cashmere goats

Anim Genet. 2016 Oct;47(5):630-1. doi: 10.1111/age.12447. Epub 2016 Jun 14.

Authors

Jin Zhao¹, Shaoqing Liu², Xiaobing Zhou¹, Rui Zhang¹, Yan Li¹, Xiaolong Wang³, Yulin Chen⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China.
² Inner Monoglia Yiwei Cashmere Co. Ltd., Wulan, 016100, China.
³ College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China. xiaolongwang@nwafu.edu.cn.
⁴ College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, China. chenyulin@nwafu.edu.cn.

PMID: 27298140
DOI: 10.1111/age.12447

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Substitution
Animals
Female
Genotype
Goats / genetics*
Growth Differentiation Factor 9 / genetics*
Litter Size / genetics*
Mutation
Phenotype
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Growth Differentiation Factor 9

Associated data

GENBANK/NM_001285708.1