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Bone mineral density QTL at sexual maturity and end of lay.
British poultry science - 1 Jan 2012
Podisi B K, Knott S A, Dunn I C, Burt D W, Hocking P M
Abstract excerpt
1. An F₂ cross of a broiler male line and a White Leghorn layer line was used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for bone density at the onset of lay and at the end of the laying period. A total of 686 measures of humeral bone density were available for analysis. 2. There was no evidence for epistasis. 3. Genome-wide significant QTL for bone density at the onset of lay were identified on chromosomes 1...
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