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East Friesian sheep carry a Myostatin allele known to cause muscle hypertrophy in other breeds
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posted on 2023-05-22, 01:52 authored by Bignell, CW, Malau-Aduli, AEO, Nichols, PD, McCulloch, R, Kijas, JWThe East Friesian breed of sheep was developed in northern Germany and the Netherlands, and has become one of the world’s most productive dairy sheep. It is likely to have contributed to the foundation of other breeds, such as the Texel, which originated in the Netherland’s chain of West Friesian islands. The Texel is a meat breed that displays a muscle hypertrophy phenotype caused by a G to A substitution (g.+6723G>A) in the Myostatin gene.1 Given the likelihood of a common population history linking Texel and East Frisian, we sought to determine if the latter also carries the mutant g.+6723A Myostatin allele despite the divergent production profiles of the two breeds.
Funding
CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
History
Publication title
Animal GeneticsVolume
41Issue
4Pagination
445-446ISSN
0268-9146Department/School
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA)Publisher
Blackwell Publishing LtdPlace of publication
9600 Garsington Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 2DgRights statement
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