Molecular definition of an allelic series of mutations disrupting the myostatin function and causing double-muscling in cattle

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 210-213

  Grobet, Luc ^a   Poncelet, Dominique ^a   Royo, Luis José ^b   Brouwers, Benoit ^a   Pirottin, Dimitri ^a   Michaux, Charles ^a   Ménissier, François ^c   Zanotti, Marta ^d   Dunner, Susana ^b   Georges, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; CATTLE; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; HAPLOTYPES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUTATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 15644381757     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900727     Document Type: Article

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