Mutations in the Genes for Oocyte-Derived Growth Factors GDF9 and BMP15 Are Associated with Both Increased Ovulation Rate and Sterility in Cambridge and Belclare Sheep (Ovis aries)1
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- 1 April 2004
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- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 70 (4) , 900-909
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.103.023093
Abstract
Belclare and Cambridge are prolific sheep breeds, the origins of which involved selecting ewes with exceptionally high litter size records from commeKeywords
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