RFLP analysis of GDF9 and BMP15 as candidate genes of Anhui white goats and Boer goats
Polymorphism of bone morphogenetic protein 15(BMP15) gene and growth differentiation factor 9(GDF9) gene,which were used as candidate genes on the prolificacy of sheep,was studied in Anhui white goats and Boer goats by PCR-RFLP.The results showed that the G8 mutation(C→T) of GDF9 gene and the B4 muta-tion(G→T) of BMP15 gene were not detected in the both goat breeds and these two genes were all wild-type in the both goat breeds.These results indicated that the fecundity of these two goat breeds was not related to the G8 mutation of GDF9 gene and the B4 mutation of BMP15 gene.