Growth and carcass trait association with variation in the somatostatin receptor 1 (SSTR1) gene in New Zealand Romney sheep

Zhao, FF; Zhou, HT; Li, SB; Fang, Q; Luo, YZ; Hickford, JGH

Luo, YZ (reprint author), Gansu Agr Univ, Fac Anim Sci & Technol, Gansu Key Lab Herbivorous Anim Biotechnol, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China.; Hickford, JGH (reprint author), Lincoln Univ, Fac Agr & Life Sci, Gene Marker Lab, Lincoln, New Zealand.; Luo, Y

NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, 2018; 61 (4): 477

Abstract

Somatostatin receptors (SSTRs) are thought to regulate the growth inhibitory effect of somatostatin and play a role in regulating growth hormone secre......

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