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Detection and localization of quantitative trait loci affecting fatness in broilers.
Poultry science - 1 Mar 2004
Jennen D G J, Vereijken A L J, Bovenhuis H, Crooijmans R P M A, Veenendaal A, van der Poel J J, Groenen M A M
Abstract excerpt
A cross between 2 genetically different outcross broiler dam lines, originating from the White Plymouth Rock breed, was used to produce a large 3-generation broiler population. This population was used to detect and localize QTL affecting fatness in chicken. Twenty full-sib birds in generation 1...
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