[ghazalnaz878 (OP)]

i need to know the name of the gene that helps to increase the flesh quantity in chickens and makes them fragile &week? this also now being used in many restaurants.give me some detail please.

ghazal

[NakedScientist]

You are probably thinking of the myogenic regulatory genes, which include Myf-5, myogenin, MyoD, and MRF4 (herculin, Myf6) and are responsible for making cells in the developing embryo turn into muscle.

Some references include :

www.chs.usyd.edu.au/conf2002/minipost/av-yates.pdf

This piece from Calgary University might, whilst detailed, is a nice overview from the embryological standpoint :

www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/virtualembryo/pax-3.html

And this abstract covers the phenotype of various knockouts :

www.ijdb.ehu.es/9601/a345.htm

Hope this helps

TNS