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SUBMITTER: Chen X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5385064 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of animal science and biotechnology 20170401
<h4>Background</h4>In farm animals, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) effect on economic performance remains hot-topic for breeding and genetic selection. Here, 53 maternal lineages of Small-tailed Han sheep were used to investigate the association of mitochondrial DNA variations and the lambing litter size.<h4>Results</h4>Sequence sweeping of the mitochondrial coding regions discovered 31 non-synonymous mutations, and the association study revealed that T7719G in mtDNA <i>tRNA-Lys</i> gene was associat ...[more]