Human adaptive evolution at myostatin (GDF8), a regulator of muscle growth

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1089-1097

  Saunders, Matthew A ^a,c   Good, Jeffrey M ^a   Lawrence, Elizabeth C ^b   Ferrell, Robert E ^b   Li, Wen Hsiung ^c   Nachman, Michael W ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOSTATIN; NUCLEOTIDE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOSTATIN GENE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33845198353     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509707     Document Type: Article

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