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Effect of the myostatin locus on muscle mass and intramuscular fat content in a cross between mouse lines selected for hypermuscularity.
BMC genomics - 16 Jan 2013
Kärst Stefan, Strucken Eva M, Schmitt Armin O, Weyrich Alexandra, de Villena Fernando P M, Yang Hyuna, Brockmann Gudrun A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: This study is aimed at the analysis of genetic and physiological effects of myostatin on economically relevant meat quality traits in a genetic background of high muscularity. For this purpose, we generated G(3) populations of reciprocal crosses between the two hypermuscular mouse lin...
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