Article
Genome-wide association studies for feed intake and efficiency in two laying periods of chickens.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 16 Oct 2015
Yuan Jingwei, Wang Kehua, Yi Guoqiang, Ma Meng, Dou Taocun, Sun Congjiao, Qu Lu-Jiang, Shen Manman, Qu Liang, Yang Ning
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Feed contributes to over 60 % of the total production costs in the poultry industry. Increasing feed costs prompt geneticists to include feed intake and efficiency as selection goals in breeding programs. In the present study, we used an F2 chicken population in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to detect potential genetic variants and candidate genes associated with daily feed intake (FI) and...
Topics
- Algorithms
- Animals
- Chickens
- Eating
- Female
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Selective Breeding