1. Physiology.
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PHYSIOLOGY , *GENE expression , *CELL proliferation , *SPECIES hybridization , *CYTOKINES , *CATTLE parturition - Abstract
The article presents abstracts from papers related to animal physiology that were published in the February 2005 issue of the "Journal of Animal Science." The paper "Satellite Cell Proliferation and Differentiation," by M. Doumit, N. Mesires, J. Scheffler and E. Helman, studies the association of postnatal skeletal muscle growth with increases in muscle DNA content. The paper "Gene Expression During Skeletal Muscle Growth and Development," by J. Reecy and D. Moody, reviewed recent findings that describe changes in gene expression associated with skeletal muscle growth, regeneration, and atrophy. Experiments designed to determine mRNA expression profiles in skeletal muscle have utilized both hybridization and sequencing based platforms, such as SAGE, microarray, expressed sequence tag data, and massively parallel signature sequencing. The paper "Comparison of Circulating Concentrations of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Between Cows Gestating Single and Twin Calves," by S. Echternkamp, K. Vonnahme and S. Ford, determined whether increased placental development in cows gestating twins was associated with increased VEGF concentrations in the maternal blood.
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- 2005