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Fatness QTL on chicken chromosome 5 and interaction with sex.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2000
Abasht Behnam, Pitel Frédérique, Lagarrigue Sandrine, Le Bihan-Duval Elisabeth, Le Roy Pascale, Demeure Olivier, Vignoles Florence, Simon Jean, Cogburn Larry, Aggrey Sammy, Vignal Alain, Douaire Madeleine
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Quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting fatness in male chickens were previously identified on chromosome 5 (GGA5) in a three-generation design derived from two experimental chicken lines divergently selected for abdominal fat weight. A new design, established from the same pure lines, produced 4...
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