A study on mutation points of GDF9 gene and their association with prolificacy in Egyptian small ruminants

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 3 Genotype and allele frequencies in mutation points of GDF9 gene of Egyptian sheep

Mutation point	No. of animals (mothers + FSH)	Genotype frequencies		Allele frequencies
G1	95	GG 0.97	AG 0.03	G 0.985 ± 0.11^b	A 0.015 ± 0.0^a
G4	95	AA 0.22	AG 0.78	G 0.39 ± 0.1^a	A 0.61 ± 0.08^b
G6	95	GG 0.98	AG 0.02	G 0.99 ± 0.07^b	A 0.01 ± 0.0^a
G7	95	GG 0.0	AG 1.0	G 0.5 ± 0.01^a	A 0.5 ± 0.08^b
G8	95	CC 1.0	CT 0.0	C 1.0 ± 0.05^b	T 0.0 ± 0.0^a

FSH females at age of sexual maturation
Data expressed as mean ± SE values followed by different superscript letters are significantly different from one another within the same columns (P ≤ 0.05)