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Genome-wide linkage analysis to identify chromosomal regions affecting phenotypic traits in the chicken. II. Body composition.
Poultry science - 1 Oct 2006
Zhou H, Deeb N, Evock-Clover C M, Ashwell C M, Lamont S J
Abstract excerpt
Two informative chicken F(2) populations based on crosses between a broiler breeder male line and dams from genetically distinct, highly inbred (>99%) chicken lines, the Leghorn G-B2 and Fayoumi M15.2, have been used for genome-wide linkage and QTL analysis. Phenotypic data on 12 body composition traits (breast muscle weight, breast muscle weight percentage, abdominal fat weight, abdominal fat weight percentage,...
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