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Bos indicus type of growth hormone receptor gene is retained in Japanese Black cattle.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Dec 2006
Ohkubo T, Yano H, Takahashi S, Takahashi K, Kimura N, Tanaka M
Abstract excerpt
The growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene is responsible for growth and carcass traits, and polymorphisms associated with the variation of meat production are thought to occur in the liver-specific promoter of the GHR gene in cattle. The aim of this study was to analyse the structure of the liver-specific promoter of GHR in Japanese Black cattle, as the relationship between GHR polymorphism and meat production is...
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