Although greater ATTD of OM, GE, and CP in the AGP group compared to the NC group could contribute to the increase in growth performance, these did not correspond to differences in jejunum or ileum villus height and crypt depth, an index of intestinal digestive and absorptive capacity and the extent of intestinal maturity (Pluske et al., 2018), or to substantial differences in plasma glucose, NEFA, and amino acid concentrations among groups, a broad readout of available substrates for lean protein accretion (Patience et al., 2015). This evidence concerns the gene ATP5MK and ocular melanoma.