A regulatory mutation in IGF2 causes a major QTL effect on muscle growth in the pig
Article Abstract:
The identification of mutations underlying quantative trait loci (QTLs) is a challenge because each locus explains only a fraction of the phenotypic variation. A paternally expressed QTL affecting muscle growth, fat deposition and size of the heart in pigs map to the IGF2 (insulin-like growth factor 2) region.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
Hogs, Hog and Pig Farming, Analysis, Swine, Insulin-like growth factor 1, Insulin-like growth factor I, Quantitative trait loci
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Plant degradation: a nematode expansion acting on plants
Article Abstract:
A plant-parasitic roundworm, Globodera rostochiensis, produces a functional expansin protein which is used to loosen the cell wall of host plant. The genetic and molecular structure of expansin is described.
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
United States, Science & research, Research, Plant nematodes
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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