Search for Association between Ovine Wingless-Type MMTV Integration Site Family Member (Wnt10A) Genes with Supernumerary Teat in Ghezel and Romanov Sheep

Subject Areas : Camel

S. Eydivandi ¹ , S. Eghbalsaied ² , M. Momen ³ , E. Khajouei ⁴ , A. Javanmard ⁵ , S.M. Ghoreishifar ⁶

1 - Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark
2 - Transgenesis Center of Excellence, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
4 - Department of Animal Breeding and Genomics Center, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherland
5 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
6 - Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Received: 2021-03-12 Accepted : 2021-09-16 Published : 2022-06-01

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