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Detection of a Cis [corrected] eQTL controlling BCMO1 gene expression leads to the identification of a QTG for chicken breast meat color.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Le Bihan-Duval Elisabeth, Nadaf Javad, Berri Cécile, Pitel Frédérique, Graulet Benoît, Godet Estelle, Leroux Sophie Y, Demeure Olivier, Lagarrigue Sandrine, Duby Cécile, Cogburn Larry A, Beaumont Catherine M, Duclos Michel J
Abstract excerpt
Classical quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis and gene expression QTL (eQTL) were combined to identify the causal gene (or QTG) underlying a highly significant QTL controlling the variation of breast meat color in a F2 cross between divergent high-growth (HG) and low-growth (LG) chicken lines. Within this meat quality QTL, BCMO1 (Accession number GenBank: AJ271386), encoding the β-carotene 15,...
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