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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2026

Balancing Prolificacy and Lamb Meat Production: Links Among Litter Size, Prenatal Development, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality in Sheep.

Song Guan, Dexin Zhao, Haoliang Chai, Linfeng Zhou, Weiqi Peng, Hongzhi Wu

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Song GuanTropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China.
Dexin ZhaoCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
Haoliang ChaiCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
Linfeng ZhouCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, China.
Weiqi PengTropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China.
Hongzhi WuTropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5722-9357

Funding

Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund grant No. 1630032022006Hainan Province Key R&D Program of China ZDYF2025XDNY108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prolificacy can increase lamb output per ewe, but its productive value depends on the survival, growth, and carcass performance of each additional lamb. This review examines the pathway from genetic control of ovulation to realized litter size, prenatal development, neonatal viability, postnatal growth, carcass traits, and meat quality. Major fecundity genes, including

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carcass traitsfetal programminglamb survivallitter sizemeat qualityprolificacy

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PMID42883097
PMCPMC13663492

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