Article
Maternal and paternal genomes differentially affect myofibre characteristics and muscle weights of bovine fetuses at midgestation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Xiang Ruidong, Ghanipoor-Samami Mani, Johns William H, Eindorf Tanja, Rutley David L, Kruk Zbigniew A, Fitzsimmons Carolyn J, Thomsen Dana A, Roberts Claire T, Burns Brian M, Anderson Gail I, Greenwood Paul L, Hiendleder Stefan
Abstract excerpt
Postnatal myofibre characteristics and muscle mass are largely determined during fetal development and may be significantly affected by epigenetic parent-of-origin effects. However, data on such effects in prenatal muscle development that could help understand unexplained variation in postnatal muscle traits are lacking. In a bovine model we studied effects of distinct maternal and paternal genomes, fetal sex,...
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