Detection of RFLP markers associated with antibody response in meat-type chickens: haplotype/genotype, single-band, and multiband analyses of RFLP in the major histocompatibility complex.

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Improving disease resistance in poultry by direct selection or by selecting for immune response is hardly feasible due to the quantitative nature of these traits, their low heritability, and the difficulties associated with reliable measurements. In this situation, marker-assisted selection (MAS) is expected to be a more effective breeding approach. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC), known to affect...

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