Double muscling in Marchigiana beef breed is caused by a stop codon in the third exon of myostatin g...
Double muscling in Marchigiana beef breed is caused by a stop codon in the third exon of myostatin gene
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United States: Springer-Verlag
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United States: Springer-Verlag
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Double muscling is a partially recessive trait present in some beef breeds. It shows a high frequency in some breeds, while in others the frequency is low, and double-muscled individuals are rare. The double muscling is caused by an allelic series of mutations that cause a loss of function of the myostatin gene (GDF8). We describe here a new mutati...
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Double muscling in Marchigiana beef breed is caused by a stop codon in the third exon of myostatin gene
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_73506385
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_73506385
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0938-8990
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1432-1777
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10.1007/s00335-002-2176-5
