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Mapping of quantitative trait loci for body weight at three, six, and nine weeks of age in a broiler layer cross.
Poultry science - 1 Dec 2002
Sewalem A, Morrice D M, Law A, Windsor D, Haley C S, Ikeobi C O N, Burt D W, Hocking P M
Abstract excerpt
An F2 chicken population was established from a cross of a broiler sire-line and an egg laying (White Leghorn) line. There were two males and two females from both lines in the base population. The F1 progeny consisted of 8 males and 32 females. Over 500 F2 offspring from five hatches were reared to slaughter at a live weight of 2 kg at 9 wk of age. Body weights at 3, 6, and 9 wk were recorded. The DNA was...
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