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Quantitative trait loci for performance traits in a broiler x layer cross.
Animal genetics - 1 Apr 2009
Ambo M, Moura A S A M T, Ledur M C, Pinto L F B, Baron E E, Ruy D C, Nones K, Campos R L R, Boschiero C, Burt D W, Coutinho L L
Abstract excerpt
An F(2) resource population, derived from a broiler x layer cross, was used to map quantitative trait loci (QTL) for body weights at days 1, 35 and 41, weight gain, feed intake, feed efficiency from 35 to 41 days and intestinal length. Up to 577 F(2) chickens were genotyped with 103 genetic markers covering 21 linkage groups. A preliminary QTL mapping report using this same population focused exclusively on GGA1....
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