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Construction of a genetic linkage map of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) based on AFLP and microsatellite markers.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2005
Kikuchi S, Fujima D, Sasazaki S, Tsuji S, Mizutani M, Fujiwara A, Mannen H
Abstract excerpt
The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is a notably valuable egg and meat producer but has also been used as a laboratory animal. In the present study, we constructed a Japanese quail linkage map with 1735 polymorphic amplified fragment length polymorphisms markers, and nine chicken microsatellite (MS) markers, as well as sex and phenotypes of two genetic diseases; a muscular disorder (LWC) and...
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