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Identification of Avai polymorphisms in the third intron of GH gene and their associations with abdominal fat in chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 2007
Zhang X L, Jiang X, Liu Y P, Du H R, Zhu Q
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone (GH) plays a diverse role in animals together with other hormones of somatotropic axis. In the current research, chicken GH (cGH) as a candidate gene affecting carcass traits was investigated in the chickens from 2 local chicken breeds [Mountainous Black-Bone (Wugu) and Caoke chicken] in the Sichuan province, 1 pure line of a quality chicken (Sanhuang chicken) from the Guangdong province, and...
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