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Gene Expression and Polymorphism of Myostatin Gene and its Association with Growth Traits in Chicken.
Animal biotechnology - 1 Oct 2016
Dushyanth K, Bhattacharya T K, Shukla R, Chatterjee R N, Sitaramamma T, Paswan C, Guru Vishnu P
Abstract excerpt
Myostatin is a member of TGF-β super family and is directly involved in regulation of body growth through limiting muscular growth. A study was carried out in three chicken lines to identify the polymorphism in the coding region of the myostatin gene through SSCP and DNA sequencing. A total of 12 haplotypes were observed in myostatin coding region of chicken. Significant associations between haplogroups with body...
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