Impact of Mutations in the NCAPG and MSTN Genes on Body Composition, Structural Properties of Skeletal Muscle, Its Fatty Acid Composition, and Meat Quality of Bulls from a Charolais × Holstein F2 Cross.

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Cattle breeds are optimized either for milk or meat production and secrete consumed nutrients in the form of milk or accrete nutrients as skeletal muscle tissue, respectively. Surplus energy is usually stored in the form of fat in adipose tissues. To gain more insight into the physiological and genetic background of nutrient accretion as either protein or fat, an experimental F2 population was generated crossing...

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