Article
The effects of a duplication in the ovine growth hormone (GH) gene on GH expression in the pituitaries of ram lambs from lean and fat-selected sheep lines.
Domestic animal endocrinology - 1 Jan 1997
Fleming J S, Suttie J M, Montgomery G W, Gunn J, Stuart S K, Littlejohn R P, Gootwine E
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone (GH) gene expression was investigated in pituitaries of 14- to 15-month-old ram lambs from flocks selected for high (fat) or low (lean) back fat depth, which were also homozygous for a single GH gene allele, heterozygous or homozygous for a duplication in the GH gene. The pituitari...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Body Weight
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genotype
- Growth Hormone
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Male
- Multigene Family
- Obesity
- Pituitary Gland
- RNA, Messenger
- Sheep