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Effect of thyroglobulin gene polymorphisms on growth, carcass composition and meat quality traits in Chinese beef cattle.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Sept 2015
Zhang Lupei, Ren Hongyan, Yang Jiuguang, Gan Qianfu, Zhao Fuping, Gao Huijiang, Li Junya
Abstract excerpt
The thyroglobulin (TG) gene has been studied as an important gene related to fat deposition, since not only does TG gene locate in a quantitative trait locus with an effect on fat deposition, but also it encodes the precursor of thyroid hormones which have crucial biological functions in energy metabolism. In the present study, we identified four novel SNPs at the 5' flanking region of the bovine TG gene....
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