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Mapping QTLs on chicken chromosome 1 for performance and carcass traits in a broiler x layer cross.
Animal genetics - 1 Apr 2006
Nones K, Ledur M C, Ruy D C, Baron E E, Melo C M R, Moura A S A M T, Zanella E L, Burt D W, Coutinho L L
Abstract excerpt
With the objective of mapping quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for performance and carcass traits, an F2 chicken population was developed by crossing broiler and layer lines. A total of 2063 F2 chicks in 21 full-sib families were reared as broilers and slaughtered at 42 days of age. Seventeen performance and carcass traits were measured. Parental F(0) and F1 individuals were genotyped with 80 microsatellites from...
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