Influence of the sex-linked dwarfing gene (dw) on the contribution of dietary lipid to yolk lipid synthesis.

doi:10.1080/00071669008417246

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Influence of the sex-linked dwarfing gene (dw) on the contribution of dietary lipid to yolk lipid synthesis.

British poultry science - 1 Mar 1990

Burghelle-Mayeur C, Tixier-Boichard M, Merat P, Demarne Y

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1. The efficiency and time course of dietary fatty acid incorporation into lipids of egg yolk and abdominal adipose tissue was compared in "White Leghorn", normal (Dw) and dwarf (dw) laying hens at 56 weeks of age, using 14C labelled linoleic acid. 2. The sex-linked dwarfing gene, dw, was shown t...

Topics

Adipose Tissue
Animals
Body Weight
Chickens
Dietary Fats
Dwarfism
Egg Yolk
Fatty Acids
Female
Genetic Linkage
Genotype
Linoleic Acids
Lipids
Liver
Organ Size
Poultry Diseases
Triglycerides
X Chromosome

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