Genetic polymorphisms of fecundity genes in Watish Sudanese desert sheep.

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The Watish sheep is a strain of desert sheep of smaller size compared to other desert sheep ecotypes, and there is anecdotal evidence that it is endowed with high litter size. The present study was designed for screening for polymorphisms in the known fecundity genes (bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 1B A