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

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 5 Genotype and allele frequencies in mutation points of GDF9 gene of Egyptian goats

Mutation point	No. of animals (mothers + FSH)	Genotype frequencies		Allele frequencies
G1	44	GG 1.0	AG 0.0	G 1.0 ± 0.1^b	A 0.0 ± 0.0^a
G4	44	AA 0.32	AG 0.68	G 0.34 ± 0.1^a	A 0.66 ± 0.09^c
G6	44	GG 1.0	AG 0.0	G 1.0 ± 0.07^b	A 0.0 ± 0.0^a
G7	44	GG 0.09	AG 0.91	G 0.54 ± 0.0.06^a	A 0.46 ± 0.06^b
G8	44	CC 1.0	CT 0.0	C 1.0 ± 0.11^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)