Mining of candidate genes related to prolificacy in Jining grey goats using transcriptomics
Jingyi Mao, Junmin He, Yifan Ren, Xue Li, Cunming Yang, Guifen Liu, Guoping Zhang, Chen Wei, Wenhao Zhang, Ming Wang, Fumei Nie, Kechuan Tian, Xixia Huang · 2025
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Jingyi Mao and co-authors hunt in 2025 for genes that drive large litter sizes in a famed Chinese goat breed. The Jining grey goat is known for strong breeding output, which makes it a good model for the biology of fertility in goats. Past work on the breed has looked at gene activity, hormones, and breeding methods.
The team took ovary and womb tissue from eight healthy adult females of like age and weight. Some came from a line that bears at least three kids in each of three births in a row. They read which genes were active in each tissue and compared the high output group with the rest. Genes that stand out could serve as markers in breeding plans. Marker guided breeding could raise litter sizes in herds where each extra kid adds farm income.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jingyi Mao, Junmin He, Yifan Ren, Xue Li, Cunming Yang, Guifen Liu, Guoping Zhang, Chen Wei, Wenhao Zhang, Ming Wang, Fumei Nie, Kechuan Tian, Xixia Huang |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |