Table 2. Comparison of missense, nonsense, and frameshift variants in the coding sequences of ovine GDF9, BMP15, BMPR1B and their phenotypic association in sheep.

Gene (Chr.)	Coding variant a	Phenotype	Breed groups	Ref.
GDF9 (Chr5)	R87H	None reported	Multiple	37, this work
	E241K	None reported	Multiple	37, 38, this work
	R315C	Fecundity, Vacaria, FecG V	Ile de France	39
	V332I	None reported	Multiple	37, 38, this work
	F345C	Fecundity, Embrapa, FecG E	Santa Inês	40
	V371M	Fecundity	Finnish landrace	11, 26, 37, this work
	S395F	Fecundity, High Fertility, FecG H	Belclare, Cambridge	37
	S427R	Fecundity, Thoka, FecT T	Icelandic	41
BMP15 (ChrX)	L11ΔL	None reported	Multiple	37, this work
	R67Q	Unknown, Dorset	Dorset	This work
	W154Δ17	Fecundity, Rasa Aragonesa, FecX R	Rasa Aragonesa	42, 43
	Q239stop	Fecundity, Galway, FecX G	Belclare, Cambridge	37
	L252P	Unknown, Dorper	Dorper	This work
	Q291stop	Fecundity, Hanna, FecX H	Romney	44
	V299D	Fecundity, Inverdale, FecX I	Romney	44
	T317I	Fecundity, Grivette, FecX GR	Grivette	45
	C321Y	Fecundity, Lacaune, FecX L	Lacaune	46
	N337H	Fecundity, Olkuska, FecX O	Olkuska	45
	S367I	Fecundity, Belclare, FecX B	Belclare	37
BMPR1B (Chr6)	M64I	Unknown, Katahdin	Katahdin	This work
	Q249R	Fecundity Booroola, FecB B	Booroola, et al.	14, 29, 33, 47
	T345N	Unknown, Romanov	Romanov	This work

^aBold font indicates previously unreported variants affecting the protein sequence.