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A new single nucleotide polymorphism in the chicken pituitary-specific transcription factor (POU1F1) gene associated with growth rate.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Jiang R, Li J, Qu L, Li H, Yang N
Abstract excerpt
The pituitary-specific transcription factor (POU1F1) is a protein which binds to and transactivates promoters of growth hormone (GH), prolactin (PRL) and thyroid-stimulating hormone chain (TSHB)-encoding genes. Ten chicken populations (n = 662), including six Chinese indigenous breeds, White Leghorn, paternal/maternal lines of brown egg layer and a paternal line of broiler, were used to detect single nucleotide...
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