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The effects of myostatin mutation on the tibia bone quality in female Japanese quail before and after sexual maturation.
Poultry science - 1 Jul 2023
Lee Joonbum, Tompkins Yuguo, Kim Dong-Hwan, Kim Woo Kyun, Lee Kichoon
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In the modern layer industry, improvement of bone quality is one of the prior tasks to solve from economic and welfare standpoints. In addition to nutritional and environmental factors, genetic factors have been considered major factors regulating bone quality in layers but are yet to be fully investigated due to limitations on available animal models. Initially, the myostatin (MSTN) gene was genetically edited...
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