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Quantitative trait loci analysis of egg and meat production traits in a red junglefowlxWhite Leghorn cross.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2006
Wright D, Kerje S, Lundström K, Babol J, Schütz K, Jensen P, Andersson L
Abstract excerpt
Egg and production traits are of considerable economic importance in chickens. Using a White Leghorn x red junglefowl F(2) intercross, standard production measures of liver weight and colour, egg size, eggshell thickness, egg taste and meat quality were taken. A total of 160 markers covering 29 autosomes and the Z chromosome were genotyped on 175-243 individuals, depending on the trait under consideration. A...
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