Running Head: MSTN gene SNP association with speed in racehorses
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3 Emmeline W Hill, Rita G Fonseca, Beatrice A McGivney, Jingjing Gu, David E 4 MacHugh and Lisa M Katz 5 6 School of Agriculture and Food Science,, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, 7 Ireland 8 9 School of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland 10 11 * Corresponding author 12 13 Running Head: MSTN gene SNP association with speed in racehorses 14 15 Contact information: 16 Emmeline W Hill 17 Veterinary Sciences Centre 18 School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, 19 University College Dublin, 20 Belfield, Dublin 4, 21 Ireland. 22 Tel: +353-1-716 6231 23 Email: [email protected] 24 25 26 27 Articles in PresS. J Appl Physiol (October 20, 2011). doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00793.2011
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