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Quantitative trait loci for body weight in layers differ from quantitative trait loci specific for antibody responses to sheep red blood cells.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 2004
Siwek M, Cornelissen S J B, Buitenhuis A J, Nieuwland M G B, Bovenhuis H, Crooijmans R P M A, Groenen M A M, Parmentier H K, van der Poel J J
Abstract excerpt
Quantitative trait loci for BW at 4, 6, 8, 12, and 18 wk of age were detected in an experimental F2 cross of layers divergently selected for primary antibody response to SRBC. A negative phenotypic correlation between levels of antibody titers and BW, was reported earlier within founder lines. The entire experimental population was genotyped with 174 microsatellite markers equally distributed over the genome. Two...
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