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Expression of obese mRNA in genetically lean and fat selection lines of sheep.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology - 1 Jul 1998
Kumar B, Francis S M, Suttie J M, Thompson M P
Abstract excerpt
Genetically separate lines of Coopworth sheep have been bred by selecting for (fat genotype) or against (lean genotype) backfat depth. Typically, the total fat content, adjusted for carcass weight, is 21.2 and 29.3% for the lean and fat lines, respectively. As a homologue of the obese gene, which shows altered expression in several forms of obesity, is also expressed in sheep, it was decided to determine whether...
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