East Friesian sheep carry a Myostatin allele known to cause muscle hypertrophy in other breeds

Anim Genet. 2010 Aug;41(4):445-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02021.x. Epub 2010 Mar 3.

Authors

C W Bignell¹, A E O Malau-Aduli, P D Nichols, R McCulloch, J W Kijas

Affiliation

¹ Animal Production & Genetics, School of Agricultural Science/TIAR, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54 Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.

PMID: 20219067
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02021.x

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Alleles*
Animals
Breeding*
Hypertrophy / genetics
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*
Myostatin / genetics*
Sheep Diseases / genetics*
Sheep Diseases / pathology
Sheep, Domestic

Substances

Myostatin