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Genome-wide association study of body weight in chicken F2 resource population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Gu Xiaorong, Feng Chungang, Ma Li, Song Chi, Wang Yanqiang, Da Yang, Li Huifang, Chen Kuanwei, Ye Shaohui, Ge Changrong, Hu Xiaoxiang, Li Ning
Abstract excerpt
Chicken body weight is an economically important trait and great genetic progress has been accomplished in genetic selective for body weight. To identify genes and chromosome regions associated with body weight, we performed a genome-wide association study using the chicken 60 k SNP panel in a chicken F2 resource population derived from the cross between Silky Fowl and White Plymouth Rock. A total of 26 SNP...
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