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Effect of genotype-nutrition interaction on growth and somatotropic gene expression in the chicken.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Mar 2004
Zhao Ruqian, Muehlbauer Eckhard, Decuypere Eddy, Grossmann Roland
Abstract excerpt
The neuroendocrine system integrates genotype with external factors such as nutrition to regulate animal growth. To investigate the role of somatotropic axis in the interaction of genotype and nutrition, two series of experiments were conducted using broiler and layer chickens as a model. In the first experiment, both strains of chickens were raised on their respective standard diets and the mRNA expressions of...
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