Comparison of chicken genotypes: Myofiber number in pectoralis muscle and myostatin ontogeny

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1404-1412

  Scheuermann, G N ^a   Bilgili, S F ^b   Tuzun, S ^b   Mulvaney, D R ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast yield; Broiler; Myofiber number; Myostatin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 4444299056     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.8.1404     Document Type: Article

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