OMIA:002362-9925 : Fecundity, GDF9-related in Capra hircus (goat)

In other species: dog , sheep

Categories: Reproductive system phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 601918 (gene) , 618014 (trait)

Single-gene trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal

Disease-related: no

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2016

Genetic engineering: Yes - in addition to the occurrence of natural variants, variants have been created artificially, e.g. by genetic engineering or gene editing
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Breeds: Bengal (Goat) (VBO_0000731), Shanbei White Cashmere, China (Goat) (VBO_0009450).
Breeds in which the phene or likely causal variants have been documented. If a likely causal variant has been documented, see variant-specific breed information in the variant table. (Breed information may be incomplete).

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
GDF9 growth differentiation factor 9 Capra hircus 7 NC_030814.1 (66023938..66028657) GDF9 Ensembl, NCBI gene

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Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2025). OMIA:002362-9925: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2025 Faris, A.S., Rodrigues, K.F., Zeshan, B., Sarker, S., Candyrine, S.C.L., Rahman, M.M., Kalam, M.A., Bhuiyan, M.S.A. :
Polymorphism analysis of GDF9 and BMP15 genes and their association with litter size in crossbreed goats in Malaysia. Trop Anim Health Prod 57:195, 2025. Pubmed reference: 40299199. DOI: 10.1007/s11250-025-04460-1.
Hajian, M., Pirali, A., Moghaddam, S.H.H., Moradi-Hajidavaloo, R., Varnosfaderani, S.R., Jozi, M., Izadi, T., Tanhaie-Vash, N., Kues, W., Nasr-Esfahani, M.H., Jafarpour, F., Eghbalsaied, S. :
Efficient gene editing of BMP15, GDF9, and MSTN-but not the imprinted CLPG gene-in goat embryos via electrotransfection and handmade cloning. Funct Integr Genomics 25:150, 2025. Pubmed reference: 40637794. DOI: 10.1007/s10142-025-01644-8.
2024 Montgomery, G.W. :
Genetic regulation of ovulation rate and multiple births. Reprod Fertil Dev 36:RD24083, 2024. Pubmed reference: 39222471. DOI: 10.1071/RD24083.
2023 Song, T., Liu, Y., Cuomu, R., Tan, Y., A Wang, C., De, J., Cao, X., Zeng, X. :
Polymorphisms analysis of BMP15, GDF9 and BMPR1B in Tibetan Cashmere Goat (Capra hircus). Genes (Basel) 14:1102, 2023. Pubmed reference: 37239462. DOI: 10.3390/genes14051102.
2021 Aboelhassan, D.M., Darwish, A.M., Ali, N.I., Ghaly, I.S., Farag, I.M. :
A study on mutation points of GDF9 gene and their association with prolificacy in Egyptian small ruminants. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 19:85, 2021. Pubmed reference: 34097165. DOI: 10.1186/s43141-021-00181-8.
Das, A., Shaha, M., Gupta, M.D., Dutta, A., Miazi, O.F. :
Polymorphism of fecundity genes (BMP15 and GDF9) and their association with litter size in Bangladeshi prolific Black Bengal goat. Trop Anim Health Prod 53:230, 2021. Pubmed reference: 33772358. DOI: 10.1007/s11250-021-02679-2.
2020 Bi, Y., Li, J., Wang, X., He, L., Lan, K., Qu, L., Lan, X., Song, X., Pan, C. :
Two novel rare strongly linked missense SNPs (P27R and A85G) within the GDF9 gene were significantly associated with litter size in Shaanbei White Cashmere (SBWC) goats. Front Vet Sci 7:406, 2020. Pubmed reference: 32851004. DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00406.
2019 Ghoreishi, H., Fathi-Yosefabad, S., Shayegh, J., Barzegari, A. :
Identification of mutations in BMP15 and GDF9 genes associated with prolificacy of Markhoz goats. Arch Anim Breed 62:565-570, 2019. Pubmed reference: 31807668. DOI: 10.5194/aab-62-565-2019.
2018 Wang, X., Yang, Q., Wang, K., Yan, H., Pan, C., Chen, H., Liu, J., Zhu, H., Qu, L., Lan, X. :
Two strongly linked single nucleotide polymorphisms (Q320P and V397I) in GDF9 gene are associated with litter size in cashmere goats. Theriogenology 125:115-121, 2018. Pubmed reference: 30414564. DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.10.013.
2016 Zhao, J., Liu, S., Zhou, X., Zhang, R., Li, Y., Wang, X., Chen, Y. :
A non-synonymous mutation in GDF9 is highly associated with litter size in cashmere goats. Anim Genet 47:630-1, 2016. Pubmed reference: 27298140. DOI: 10.1111/age.12447.
2013 Pramod, R.K., Sharma, S.K., Singhi, A., Pan, S., Mitra, A. :
Differential ovarian morphometry and follicular expression of BMP15, GDF9 and BMPR1B influence the prolificacy in goat. Reprod Domest Anim 48:803-9, 2013. Pubmed reference: 23581245. DOI: 10.1111/rda.12165.

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