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Articles | Volume 60, issue 2
Articles | Volume 60, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-79-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-60-79-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 60, issue 2
Original study
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27 Apr 2017
Original study |  | 27 Apr 2017

A novel 29 bp insertion/deletion (indel) variant of the LHX3 gene and its influence on growth traits in four sheep breeds of various fecundity

Haidong Zhao, Shuai He, Yanjiao Zhu, Xin Cao, Renyun Luo, Yong Cai, Hongwei Xu, and Xiuzhu Sun

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The 29 bp indel of sheep LHX3 gene was firstly verified in four Chinese indigenous sheep breeds of various fecundity. Genotypic frequency and allelic frequency distributions were significantly different between the high-fecundity breeds (Hu sheep, HS; small-tail Han sheep, STHS; and Lanzhou fat-tail sheep, LFTS) and the low-fecundity breed (Tong sheep (TS)) based on an χ2 test (P < 0.05). Moreover, four significant differences were found in body length and chest width in TS and STHS (P < 0.05).
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