Molecular and metabolic regulation of skeletal muscle growth in chicken

Broiler chicken has been bred for meat production and is characterised with a very fast skeletal muscle growth rate, whilst the layer type have been bred for the production of eggs. This study aimed to understand how intense breeding programmes have developed commercial meat type chickens that have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olomu, Charles
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52354/