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Bovine thyroglobulin gene polymorphisms and their association with sexual precocity in Guzerat bulls.
Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene - 1 Oct 2017
Fernández M E, Loaiza Echeverri A M, Henry M, Drummond M, Andrade de Oliveira D A, Demyda Peyrás S, Cunha Cardoso D, Giovambattista G, Liron J P
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Puberty is a stage of sexual development determined by the interaction of environmental factors and genetic mechanisms. Among them, thyroid function plays a key role in sexual development and spermatogenic function and is under the control of several genes, including the well-described thyroglobulin gene (TG). Previous reports have shown genetic association between thyroid function and selected single nucleotide...
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