ArticleJournal of applied genetics2021
A genome-wide association study for prolificacy in three Polish sheep breeds.
Article in Journal of applied genetics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Screening of Candidate SNPs Potentially Associated with Multi-Parity Litter Size and Litter Weight in Hu Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Selection Signatures in the Genome of Dzhalgin Merino Sheep Breed.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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- Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) on Reproductive Seasonality in Indigenous Greek Sheep Breeds: Insights into Genetic Integrity.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Article
- Whole-Genome Resequencing in Sheep: Applications in Breeding, Evolution, and Conservation.Genes · 2025Review
- Genome-wide study for signatures of selection identifies genomic regions and candidate genes associated with milk traits in sheep.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2025Article
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- Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Analysis and Functional Validation of Litter Size Traits in Jining Grey Goats.Genes · 2024Article
- Runs of Homozygosity Detection and Selection Signature Analysis for Local Goat Breeds in Yunnan, China.Genes · 2024Article
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- Transcriptome analysis reveals mRNAs and long non-coding RNAs associated with fecundity in the hypothalamus of high-and low-fecundity goat.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
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Abstract
Reproductive traits (especially litter size) are usually characterized by low heritability, and thus, phenotypic selection is often ineffective and slow. In order to improve fertility characteristics such as ovulation rate and litter size, it seems more effective to select breeding animals based on their genotype. The aim of the study was to use genome-wide association study (GWAS) in three sheep breeds to identify the genetic variants affecting the litter size in sheep. The study allowed us to identify one genome-wide significant SNP (rs402032081-located in ephrin type-A receptor 6, EPHA6) showing an association with litter size in Polish Mountain Sheep. We suggest that the EPHA6 gene can be a candidate gene for prolificacy trait in selected breeds of sheep; however, it needs further functional data for validation.
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