Article
Association of thyroglobulin gene variants with carcass and meat quality traits in beef cattle.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Oct 2011
Hou Guan-Yu, Yuan Zheng-Rong, Zhou Han-Lin, Zhang Lu-Pei, Li Jun-Ya, Gao Xue, Wang Dong-Jing, Gao Hui-Jiang, Xu Shang-Zhong
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid hormones play an important role in regulating metabolism and can affect homeostasis of fat deposition. The gene encoding thyroglobulin (TG), producing the precursor for thyroid hormones, has been proposed as a positional and functional candidate gene for a QTL with an effect on fat deposition. In the present study, we identified 6 novel SNPs at the 3' flanking region of the TG gene. The SNP marker...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
