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Genetically caused retarded growth in animals.
Domestic animal endocrinology - 1 Aug 2000
Sellier P
Abstract excerpt
Growth process of animals is regulated by a multitude of physiological pathways among which components of the somatotropic axis play a key role. A number of severe, simply inherited growth disturbances have been identified in humans, laboratory and farm animals. These disorders are controlled by defective alleles at major loci referring to hormones or hormone receptors, e.g. growth hormone receptor for the...
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