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Selection in action: dissecting the molecular underpinnings of the increasing muscle mass of Belgian Blue Cattle.
BMC genomics - 17 Sept 2014
Druet Tom, Ahariz Naima, Cambisano Nadine, Tamma Nico, Michaux Charles, Coppieters Wouter, Charlier Carole, Georges Michel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Belgian Blue cattle are famous for their exceptional muscular development or "double-muscling". This defining feature emerged following the fixation of a loss-of-function variant in the myostatin gene in the eighties. Since then, sustained selection has further increased muscle mass of Belgian Blue animals to a comparable extent. In the present paper, we study the genetic determinants of this second...
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