›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10): 185-190.

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Review on Genes Involved in Reproduction of Sheep

LV Xiao-man, SU Rui, ZHANG Wen-guang, LI Jin-quan   

  1. Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, College of Animal Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China
  • Received:2012-02-27 Online:2012-10-20 Published:2012-10-19

Abstract: Reproductive traits of sheep has became an important research area in sheep industry. Genetic improvement of sheep fecundity is the only way to improve sheep production levels in China.The annual ewe lambing ability is mainly affected by the impact of seasonal estrus and the litter size of single births. In this view, the author gives a brief review on ovulation and seasonal estrus related genes and miRNAs, and prospects the genome-wide comparison used in the detection of QTL about reproductive traits.

Key words: sheep; reproduction; ovulation; seasonal estrus; whole-genome

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