The double-muscled Belgian blue cow breed.
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The double-muscled Belgian blue cow breed.
Double muscled animals have an increase in muscle mass of up to 20% greater than normal animals. The increased muscle is due to the fact that these animals have a mutation in a specific gene that normally is involved in muscular hypertrophy.
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