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A potential molecular marker for selection against abdominal fatness in chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Nov 2006
Wu G Q, Deng X M, Li J Y, Li N, Yang N
Abstract excerpt
The peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha) was investigated as a candidate gene for growth and fatness traits in chicken because of its prominent role in muscle fiber specialization and adipogenesis. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) from G to A at position 646 of the open reading frame of chicken PGC-1alpha gene causing an Asp216Asn amino acid substitution was...
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