Postnatal expression of growth/differentiation factor-8 (GDF-8) gene in European and Asian pigs

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1244-1249

  Lin, C S ^a   Wu, Y C ^a   Sun, Y L ^a   Huang, M C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gene Expression; Growth Differentiation Factor 8; Myostatin; Pig; Skeletal Muscle

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036748148     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2002.1244     Document Type: Article

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