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The effect of a leptin single nucleotide polymorphism on quality grade, yield grade, and carcass weight of beef cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 2005
Kononoff P J, Deobald H M, Stewart E L, Laycock A D, Marquess F L S
Abstract excerpt
Feedlot producers could optimize the value of cattle in a given market grid if they were able to improve the uniformity of the body composition between cattle among loads. Allelic variation due to a single nucleotide transition (cytosine [C] to thymine [T] transition that results in a Arg25Cys) has been demonstrated to be associated with higher leptin mRNA levels in adipose tissue and increased fat deposition in...
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