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Associations between variants of bone morphogenetic protein 7 gene and growth traits in chickens.
British poultry science - 1 Jun 2018
Wang Y, Guo F, Qu H, Luo C, Wang J, Shu D
Abstract excerpt
1. Enhancing bone strength to solve leg disorders in poultry has become an important goal in broiler production. Bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7), a member of the BMP family, represents an attractive therapeutic target for bone regeneration in humans and plays critical roles in skeletal development. 2. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between BMP7 gene expression,...
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