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Quantitative trait locus detection in commercial broiler lines using candidate regions.
Journal of animal science - 1 May 2003
de Koning D J, Windsor D, Hocking P M, Burt D W, Law A, Haley C S, Morris A, Vincent J, Griffin H
Abstract excerpt
A QTL that explained a large proportion of the phenotypic difference between broiler and layer chickens in an experimental cross was evaluated in a commercial broiler line. A three-generation design, consisting of 15 grandsires, 608 half-sib hens, and more than 50,000 third-generation offspring, was implemented within the existing breeding scheme of a broiler breeding company. Four markers from a candidate region...
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