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Ludhiana state’s School of Animal Biotechnology of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), according to an announcement has reportedly secured a research project by the Department of Biotechnology with outlay of Rs 27 lakhs.

The project is involves characterisation of fecundity genes in goats which may find application in improvement of germ plasm of native goat breeds, said Dr Ramneek, Director of GADVASU. It is aims to identify functional genes, clarify molecular mechanism of action and regulatory network and resort to more holistic approaches like genomic selection which can tremendously accelerate the goat improvement, he further said.

Traditional selection for improving litter size is difficult due to sex-limited nature and low heritability of the trait (5–10%). In addition, the lack of knowledge on the number of the genes controlling this trait and the possible gene interactions are the other limitations.
Dr JS Arora, Principal Investigator of the project, said that the reproductive traits are extremely important to the goat industry because moderate increase in litter size can lead to large profits.

“As molecular genetics can overcome these limitations offering new opportunities for the improvement of reproductive traits, as it supplies tools to analyze genetic variability directly at

the DNA level with the possibility of detecting the individual genes influencing the reproductive capability,” he said.

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