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The dopamine D2 receptor gene polymorphisms associated with chicken broodiness.
Poultry science - 1 Mar 2010
Xu H P, Shen X, Zhou M, Luo C L, Kang L, Liang Y, Zeng H, Nie Q H, Zhang D X, Zhang X Q
Abstract excerpt
Chicken broodiness is a polygenic trait controlled by autosomal genes. Prolactin gene is a candidate of great interest in molecular studies of broodiness. However, another candidate dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene has not been studied extensively. The objective of this study was to analyze the genetic effects of the DRD2 gene on chicken broodiness through linkage disequilibrium analyses, tag SNP selection,...
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