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Circulating leptin and its muscle gene expression in Nellore cattle with divergent feed efficiency

BACKGROUND: Leptin has a strong relation to important traits in animal production, such as carcass composition, feed intake, and reproduction. It is mainly produced by adipose cells and acts predominantly in the hypothalamus. In this study, circulating leptin and its gene expression in muscle were e...

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Autores principales: Mota, Lúcio Flávio Macedo, Bonafé, Cristina Moreira, Alexandre, Pâmela Almeida, Santana, Miguel Henrique, Novais, Francisco José, Toriyama, Erika, Pires, Aldrin Vieira, da Luz Silva, Saulo, Leme, Paulo Roberto, Ferraz, José Bento Sterman, Fukumasu, Heidge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5580337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28883916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40104-017-0203-3

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