SUMMARY This study evaluated the performance and carcass traits of Santa Ines sheep and crosses weaned at 75 days old and finished in feedlot. Thirty uncastrated sheep, 10 Santa Ines, 10 ½Dorper × ½Sa
The blood sample from 60 Damani does were collected and genomic DNA was extracted, and DNA integrity were investigated. A 447 bp promoter fragment of the GDF9 gene was amplified and Sanger sequ