Biochemical correlates of selection for weight-for-age in chickens: twenty-fold higher muscle ornithine decarboxylase levels in modern broilers

Theoretical and Applied Genetics - Tập 75 Số 3 - Trang 432-437 - 1988
Grahame Bulfield1, J. H. Isaacson1, Richard J. Middleton1
1Gene Expression Group, AFRC Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Edinburgh Research Station, Roslin, UK

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