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Influences of myogenin genotypes on birth weight, growth rate, carcass weight, backfat thickness, and lean weight of pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1999
te Pas M F, Soumillion A, Harders F L, Verburg F J, van den Bosch T J, Galesloot P, Meuwissen T H
Abstract excerpt
Lean weight is related to muscle fiber number. Muscle fiber formation (myogenesis) occurs only during embryonic development when it is under the control of the MyoD gene family consisting of myogenin, MyoD1, myf-5, and myf-6. Myogenin has a central position within the MyoD gene family because myogenin expression abrogates myoblast proliferation potential and regulates the differentiation of single nucleated...
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