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double muscling: a standalone construct

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Animal science

heritable muscle hypertrophy in cattle caused by loss-of-function mutations in the myostatin gene, which normally restrains muscle growth.

In animal science, double muscling refers to heritable muscle hypertrophy in cattle caused by loss-of-function mutations in the myostatin gene, which normally restrains muscle growth. This meaning comes from McPherron (1997) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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McPherron, A. C., & Lee, S. (1997). Double muscling in cattle due to mutations in the myostatin gene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 94(23), 12457-12461. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.94.23.12457

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