Double-muscled cattle
Double-muscled cattle refers to breeds of cattle that carry a mutation which represses the myostatin protein, consequently augmenting muscle growth. Affected breeds include:
- Belgian Blue
- Piedmontese
- Parthenais
See also
References
- McPherron, Alexandra; Lee, Se-Jin (November 1997), "Double muscling in cattle due to mutations in the myostatin gene", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 94 (23): 12457–12461, doi:10.1073/pnas.94.23.12457, PMC 24998, PMID 9356471