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A missense mutation in the rabbit melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) gene is associated with finishing weight in a meat rabbit line.
Animal biotechnology - 1 Jan 2013
Fontanesi Luca, Scotti Emilio, Cisarova Katarina, Di Battista Piero, Dall'olio Stefania, Fornasini Daniela, Frabetti Andrea
Abstract excerpt
In this study we resequenced 1729 bp of the rabbit melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4 R) gene in 31 rabbits from different breeds/lines and identified ten polymorphisms: one was an indel and 9 were single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The indel and 5 SNPs were in the 5'-flanking region, 3 were synonymous SNPs and one was a missense mutation (c.101G>A; p.G34D), located in a conserved position of the extracellular...
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