East Friesian sheep carry a Myostatin allele known to cause muscle hypertrophy in other breeds

Animal Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-446

  Bignell, C W ^a   Malau Aduli, A E O ^a   Nichols, P D ^b   McCulloch, R ^b   Kijas, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSTATIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; BREEDING; GENETICS; HYPERTROPHY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSTATIN; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

FRIESIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77954586753     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02021.x     Document Type: Note

References (3)

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2. Kijas J. et al. (2007) BMC Genet 8, 80.
3. Hadjipavlou G. et al. (2008) Anim Genet 39, 346-353.