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Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis Identifies Loci for Physical Appearance Traits in Chickens.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 6 Aug 2015
Sun Yanfa, Liu Ranran, Zhao Guiping, Zheng Maiqing, Sun Yan, Yu Xiaoqiong, Li Peng, Wen Jie
Abstract excerpt
Physical appearance traits, such as feather-crested head, comb size and type, beard, wattles size, and feathered feet, are used to distinguish between breeds of chicken and also may be associated with economic traits. In this study, a genome-wide linkage analysis was used to identify candidate regions and genes for physical appearance traits and to potentially provide further knowledge of the molecular mechanisms...
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