A sequence polymorphism in MSTN predicts sprinting ability and racing stamina in thoroughbred horses

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hill, Emmeline W ^a   Gu, Jingjing ^a   Eivers, Suzanne S ^a   Fonseca, Rita G ^a   McGivney, Beatrice A ^a   Govindarajan, Preethi ^a   Orr, Nick ^a,b   Katz, Lisa M ^a   MacHugh, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROGENY; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STALLION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS;

MYOSTATIN;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; HORSES; MYOSTATIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RUNNING;

EID: 77649309232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008645     Document Type: Article

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