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QTL analysis of body weight and conformation score in commercial broiler chickens using variance component and half-sib analyses.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2006
Rowe S J, Windsor D, Haley C S, Burt D W, Hocking P M, Griffin H, Vincent J, De Koning D J
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The aim of the study was to investigate quantitative trait loci (QTL) in previously identified regions of chicken chromosomes 1, 4 and 5 relating to 40-day body weights and conformation scores. Half-sib (HS) and variance component analyses were implemented and compared using QTL Express software. Data were from a two-generation design and consisted of 100 dam families nested in 46 sire families with trait values...
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