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Associations of heart and adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein gene expression with intramuscular fat content in pigs.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 2001
Gerbens F, Verburg F J, Van Moerkerk H T, Engel B, Buist W, Veerkamp J H, te Pas M F
Abstract excerpt
Intramuscular fat content is a major determinant of meat quality in pigs. Previously, polymorphisms in the adipocyte and heart fatty acid-binding protein genes, A-FABP and H-FABP, have been significantly associated with genetic variation of intramuscular fat content in a Duroc pig population. Further support for the role of H-FABP but not for A-FABP was found in a Meishan crossbred population. However, the effect...
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