Association study and expression analysis of CD9 as candidate gene for boar sperm quality and fertility traits

• Main Authors: Kanokwan Kaewmala, Muhammad Jasim Uddin, Mehmet Ulas Cinar, Christine Große-Brinkhaus, Elisabeth Jonas, Dawit Tesfaye, Chirawath Phatsara, Ernst Tholen, Christian Looft, Karl Schellander
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Veterinary
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79958235976&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/49603
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Cluster-of-differentiation antigen 9 (CD9) gene expressed in the male germ line stem cells is crucial for sperm-egg fusion, and was therefore selected as candidate gene for boar semen quality. The association of CD9 with boar sperm quality and fertility trait was analyzed using a total of 340 boars...