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Investigation of TG gene variants and their effects on growth, carcass composition, and meat quality traits in Chinese steers.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 22 May 2015
Zhang L P, Gan Q F, Hou G Y, Gao H J, Li J Y, Xu S Z
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Thyroid hormones play an important role in regulating metabolism and can affect metabolism-related traits such as fat deposition. The thyroglobulin (TG) gene produces the precursor of thyroid hormones and has been proposed as a candidate gene for a quantitative trait locus with an effect on fat deposition. In this study, we identified 4 novel single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the 5' flanking region of the...
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