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Identification of QTL for production traits in chickens.
Animal biotechnology - 1 Jan 2005
Hansen Christiane, Yi Nengjun, Zhang Yuan Ming, Xu Shizhong, Gavora Jan, Cheng Hans H
Abstract excerpt
If the poultry industry hopes to continue to flourish, the identification of potential quantitative trait loci (QTL) for production-related traits must be pursued This remains true despite the sequencing of the chicken genome. In view of this need, a scan of the chicken genome using 72 microsatellite markers was carried out on a meat-type x egg-type resource population measured for production and egg quality...
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