Indian Journal of Small Ruminants (The)
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  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 20
  • Issue: 2

Effect of gene polymorphism of growth hormone on growth traits in Malpura and Avikalin sheep

  • Author:
  • Rajni Kumari, L.L.L. Prince1, Rajiv Kumar, A.S. Meena, B. Jyotsana, Ved Prakash1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 106 to 108

1Division of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar-304 501, Rajasthan

Animal Biotechnology Section, Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar-304 501, Rajasthan

*E-mail address: drrajnikumari@rediffmail.com

Online published on 23 August, 2014.

Abstract

A study was done to find association of haplotypes with body weight at different ages in Avikalin and Malpura breeds of sheep. There was difference in body weights for different haplotype group. However, the effect of the genotype was not significant on body weight at different ages in both the breeds. This may be due to highly unbalanced genotype distribution in the population. Further studies are required for the assessment of other loci and genes for their association with growth traits.

Keywords

Avikalin, GH gene polymorphism, Growth, Malpura, Sheep