the objective of this work was to determine the effect of sex, breed and birth season of calves on intensity of mllt (musculus longissimus lumborum et thoracis) area changes and development of the selected body parts in bulls and heifers of blonde d´aquitaine (ba) cattle during rearing period. two generations of bulls (n=63) and heifers (n=68) of blonde d´aquitaine (n=61) and crossbreds c×ba (c...

Quantitative trait loci (QTL) for fat deposition, growth and muscling traits have been previously mapped on the basis of low-density linkage maps in a wild boar x Meishan F2family to the chromosome X region flanked by SW2456 and SW1943. Improved QTL resolution was possible using data for F2 animals with a marker density of 2.7 cM distance in the SW2456 to SW1943 region, including AR, SERPINA7 a...

Deletion or inhibition of myostatin in mammals has been demonstrated to markedly increase muscle mass by hyperplasia, hypertrophy, or a combination of both. Despite a remarkably high degree of conservation with the mammalian protein, the function of myostatin remains unknown in fish, many species of which continue muscle growth throughout the lifecycle by hyperplasia. Transgenic rainbow trout (...

FOR RELATED ARTICLE, SEE PAGE 1212For three decades, OSA therapy has primarily been nocturnal CPAP, which, although mostly effective, is limited by poor long-term compliance. An alternative, more recent approach hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS), aimed at activating upper airway muscle activity to maintain pharyngeal patency during sleep. HGNS younger, less obese, carefully selected subjects...