The SNPs of Melanocortin 4 Receptor (<i>MC4R</i>) Associated with Body Weight in Beagle Dogs
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The SNPs of Melanocortin 4 Receptor (MC4R) Associated with Body Weight in Beagle Dogs
Melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R), which is associated with inherited human obesity, is involoved in food intake and body weight of mammals. To study the relationships between MC4R gene polymorphism and body weight in Beagle dogs, we detected and compared the nucleotide sequence of the whole coding region and 3'- and 5'- flanking regions of the dog MC4R gene (1214 bp). In 120 Beagle dogs, two SNPs...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental Animals
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1341-1357,1881-7122
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.63.73