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Dna tests in prolific sheep from eight countries provide new evidence on origin of the booroola (fecb) mutation1
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2002-06-01)
Recent discoveries that high prolificacy in sheep carrying the Booroola gene (FecB) is the result of a mutation in the BMPIB receptor and high prolificacy in Inverdale sheep (FecX(1)) is the result of a mutation in the ...
Investigation of prolific sheep from uk and ireland for evidence on origin of the mutations in bmp15 (fecxg, fecxb) and gdf9 (fecgh) in belclare and cambridge sheep
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-02)
This paper concerns the likely origin of three mutations with large effects on ovulation rate identified in the Belclare and Cambridge sheep breeds; two in the BMP15 gene (FecX(G) and FecX(B)) and the third (FecG(H)) in ...