Reproductive traits are extremely important to the goat industry because moderate increase
in litter size can lead to large profit. Traditional selection for improving litter size is difficult …

Goats are important livestock species worldwide, due to their valuable commodities,
including meat, milk, dairy products, fleece, and skin. Most of the economically important …

Background Litter size is the most important reproductive trait which plays a crucial role in
goat production. Therefore, improvement of litter size trait has been of increasing interest in …

Litter size, or prolificacy, in goats is defined as the number of kids born per doe kidding.
Improving litter size through selection not only directly enhances producer profitability as …

Introduction The Markhoz goat is the only breed that can produce high-quality fiber called
mohair in Iran; however, the size of its population has faced a dramatic decline during the …

Background: Litter size (LS) is a significant, challenging, and economical aspect of the goat
industry in Indonesia. It is influenced by several different factors and genes; consequently …

Understanding the genetic information of related genes is helpful for the selection and
breeding course through marker assisted selection. The aim of the current study was to …

Reproductive traits have a high economic value in goat breeding, and increasing the
number of lambs produced by ewes is of great importance to improve the production …

Kisspeptin is a protein encoded by the KISS1 gene which behaves as a key role by
stimulating gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) neuron activity directly in the …

Schizothorax biddulphi is an endemic fish distributed only in southern **njiang, China. Due
to overfishing, water conservancy facilities, and other factors, as well as inherent biological …