VARIATION IN INTRON 1 OF THE OVINE GDF8 GENE AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH GROWTH AND CARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF DUAL PURPOSE SHEEP

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• A. H.M. Ibrahim ¹
• H. Zhou ²
• J. G.H. Hickford ²

¹ - Department of Animal Breeding, Desert Research Center, 1 Mathaf AlMatariya St., Cairo, Egypt

² GeneMarker Laboratory, Agriculture and Life Sciences Division, P.O. Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand

Keywords

• Growth
• carcass
• GDF8
• PCR-SSCP
• Romney sheep