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The ACACA gene is a potential candidate gene for fat content in sheep milk.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2013
Moioli B, Scatà M C, De Matteis G, Annicchiarico G, Catillo G, Napolitano F
Abstract excerpt
No major gene has yet been reported in sheep that explains the variation of milk fat content. The coding region of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha (ACACA) gene, which plays an important role in de novo fatty acid synthesis, had been investigated, but no non-synonymous mutations have been reported. In this study, the genomic regions encoding the three promoters of the ACACA gene were directly sequenced in 264...
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