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Ornithine decarboxylase gene is a positional candidate gene affecting growth and carcass traits in F₂ intercross chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Jan 2011
Uemoto Y, Sato S, Ohtake T, Sato S, Okumura Y, Kobayashi E
Abstract excerpt
The ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene is a candidate gene for growth and carcass traits. It is located on chicken chromosome 3 in a region where QTL for growth and carcass traits have previously been detected in the F₂ population. The objectives of this study were to identify polymorphisms of th...
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