Genome-wide identification of a regulatory mutation in BMP15 controlling prolificacy in sheep
Louise Chantepie, Loýs Bodin, Julien Sarry, Florent Woloszyn, Florence Plisson‐Petit, Julien Ruesche, Laurence Drouilhet, Stéphane Fabre
The paper identifies a regulatory mutation in BMP15 on the X chromosome in sheep that increases litter size by 0.2 lambs per lambing at heterozygosity.
Frontiers in Genetics · Jun 19, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetics