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Biochemical and in vitro biological significance of natural sequence variation in the ovine leptin gene.
General and comparative endocrinology - 1 Aug 2011
Reicher Shay, Gertler Arieh, Seroussi Eyal, Shpilman Michal, Gootwine Elisha
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The hormone leptin is involved in diverse biological processes, including regulation of food intake, body-weight homeostasis and energy balance. Sequence variation in the bovine leptin gene has been found to be associated with variations in carcass fat content and average daily gain, as well as in milk yield, milk somatic cell count and several traits governing reproduction. We sequenced genomic DNA and cDNA...
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