Selection in action: dissecting the molecular underpinnings of the increasing muscle mass of Belgian Blue Cattle

BACKGROUND: Belgian Blue cattle are famous for their exceptional muscular development or “double-muscling”. This defining feature emerged following the fixation of a loss-of-function variant in the myostatin gene in the eighties. Since then, sustained selection has further increased muscle mass of B...

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Autores principales: Druet, Tom, Ahariz, Naima, Cambisano, Nadine, Tamma, Nico, Michaux, Charles, Coppieters, Wouter, Charlier, Carole, Georges, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25228463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-796

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4190573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25228463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-796

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