A frameshift mutation in the coding region of the myostatin gene (MSTN) affects carcass conformation and fatness in Norwegian White Sheep (Ovis aries)

Animal Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-422

  Boman, I A ^a,b   Klemetsdal, G ^b   Blichfeldt, T ^a   Nafstad, O ^c   Vage D I ^b  

^a Norwegian Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Animalia   (Norway)

Author keywords

GDF8; Increased muscle mass; MSTN; Myostatin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HAPLOTYPES; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MYOSTATIN; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; MUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67849094560     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01855.x     Document Type: Article

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