Microsoft Word - Molecular control of muscle growth and development

actical implications for stakeholders:  A panel of genes has been identified which may se growth and development in cattle.  Farmers exploit the compensatory growth phenomen over the winter. We have shown that muscle tissu realimentation, following a period of restricted feed int  Animals subjected to nutritional restriction exhibit hig ad libitum access to feed.  While compensatory growth had little residual effec trend for meat flavour and tenderness to be lower in compared to animals on a continual plane of nutrition  Despite its potential importance, compensatory grow routinely and thus in the absence of easily measu selected for.