The biochemical and molecular genetics of ornithine decarboxylase in chickens
The role of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) was investigated in muscle and embryos of different chicken lines selected and unselected for increased growth and weight-for-age. Both lines showed a peak in muscle ODC activity at 5-6 days post hatch which can be up to 4-fold higher in the selected line. U...
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University of Edinburgh
1990
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.653027 |