Correlation analysis of growth hormone gene and growth traits and in silico protein investigation in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Emel Özcan-Gökçek, Raziye Işık Kalpar, Bilge Karahan, Kutsal Gamsız, Yusuf Sürmeli · 2026
Read Correlation analysis of growth hormone gene and growth traits and in silico protein investigation in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) by Emel Özcan-Gökçek, Raziye Işık Kalpar, Bilge Karahan, Kutsal Gamsız, Yusuf Sürmeli (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13504212.txt.
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Emel Özcan-Gökçek leads a team linking variants in the growth hormone gene to body traits in European sea bass, in a 2026 study. The hormone steers growth, appetite, and breeding in fish, so its gene is a natural place to look for breeding markers. Farm output depends heavily on growth rate.
Reading a stretch of the gene, the team found five haplotypes and ten new single-letter variants. Two changes swap amino acids in a key helix of the hormone. Fish type at three spots in the gene tracked weight and body lengths in clear ways. One haplotype outgrew all others on weight and length traits. The authors propose it as a marker for selective breeding under Mediterranean farm conditions.
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| CREATOR | Emel Özcan-Gökçek, Raziye Işık Kalpar, Bilge Karahan, Kutsal Gamsız, Yusuf Sürmeli |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27630 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |