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Analysis on DNA sequence of KiSS-1 gene and its association with litter size in goats

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Three pairs of primers were designed to clone the goat KiSS-1 and scan polymorphisms and four pairs to detect polymorphisms in sexual precocious and sexual late-maturing goat breeds. A 4118 bp DNA fragment was obtained, which contains an ORF of 408 bp and encodes 135 amino acids, having a high homology with other mammals. The protein was predicted containing a signal peptide of 17 amino acids. There are two mutations (G3433A [A86T] and C3688A) in exon 3, three mutations (G296C, G454T and T505A) in intron 1 and a 18 bp deletion (−)/insertion (+) (1960–1977) in intron 2 and no mutations in exon 2. The genotype distribution didn’t show obvious difference between sexual precocious and sexual late-maturing goat breeds and no consistency within the sexual late-maturing breeds. For the 296 locus, the Jining Grey goats with genotype CC had 0.80 (P < 0.01) or 0.77 (P < 0.01) kids more than those with genotype GG or GC, respectively. No significant difference (P > 0.05) was found in litter size between GG and GC. For the 1960–1977 locus, the Jining Grey goat does with genotype −/− had 0.77 (P < 0.01) or 0.73 (P < 0.01) kids more than those with +/+ or +/−, respectively. No significant difference (P > 0.05) was found in litter size between +/+ and +/− genotypes. For the other four loci, no significant difference (P > 0.05) was found in litter size between different genotypes in Jining Grey goats. The present study preliminarily indicated an association between allele C of the 296 locus and allele (−) of the 1960–1977 locus in KiSS-1 and high litter size in Jining Grey goats.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (30871773), National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (2006AA10Z139), National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (2006CB102105), the earmarked fund for Modern Agro-Industry Technology Research System of China (nycytx-39).

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Cao, G.L., Chu, M.X., Fang, L. et al. Analysis on DNA sequence of KiSS-1 gene and its association with litter size in goats. Mol Biol Rep 37, 3921–3929 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-010-0049-7

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