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SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Montiel W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7143297 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20200304 3
The Pelibuey sheep has adaptability to climatic variations, resistance to parasites, and good maternal ability, whereas some ewes present multiple births, which increases the litter size in farm sheep. The litter size in some wool sheep breeds is associated with the presence of mutations, mainly in the family of the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) genes. To explore genetic mechanisms underlying the variation in litter size, we conducted a genome-wide association study in two groups of Pelib ...[more]