Differential appetite regulation in lines of chickens selected for high and low juvenile body weight: the role of beta-MSH
Melanocortins play a key role in appetite regulation across species. One such melanocortin, beta-melanocyte stimulating hormone (beta-MSH) is receiving increasing attention for its anorexigenic effects. In chicks selected for low (LWS) and high (HWS) juvenile body weight, beta-MSH differentially dec...
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Virginia Tech
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77338 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03312011-192627/ |