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The allelic variation in the regulatory sequence of growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene influences the growth traits of sheep. A study was carried out to find out the polymorphisms associated with exon 10 of GHR gene and its association with growth traits of Nilagiri sheep. The blood samples were collected from Nilagiri sheep (n = 103) reared at Sheep Breeding Research Station, Sandynallah, Tamil Nadu, India. DNA was isolated using the phenol-chloroform extraction procedure and eight samples having amplified product of part of exon 10 (895 bp) sequenced. The results indicated transitions of nucleotide G>A at loci G177624A and G177878A. The genotyping frequencies estimated using the tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system-PCR for GG, GA and AA were 0.262, 0.544 and 0.194, and 0.349, 0.505 and 0.146, respectively. The estimated allele frequencies of G and A nucleotides were 0.5340 and 0.4660, and 0.6015 and 0.3985, respectively, at loci G177624A and G177878A. The effects of both the mutations on growth-related traits viz., birth, weaning (3 months) 6, 9 and 12 months weight in Nilagiri sheep were found to be non-significant. This can be a novel approach to assess growth of sheep using the mutation in GHR gene. Thus, this approach can be useful for further investigation as a molecular marker associated with genetic improvement.
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Authors are thankful to the authority in charge of the Sheep Breeding Research Station, Sandynallah, Tamil Nadu, India, for the necessary support to carry out the research work. There was no project funding from any commercial party, but all the expenditure was beared by TANUVAS University, Chennai, to carry out the M.V.Sc. thesis work.
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Sahu, A.R., Jeichitra, V., Rajendran, R. et al. Polymorphism of growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene in Nilagiri sheep. Trop Anim Health Prod 49, 281–285 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-016-1189-0
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