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Association between ACTA1 candidate gene and performance, organs and carcass traits in broilers.
Poultry science - 1 Dec 2015
Venturini G C, Stafuzza N B, Cardoso D F, Baldi F, Ledur M C, Peixoto J O, El Faro L, Munari D P
Abstract excerpt
This study investigates the genetic association of the SNP present in the ACTA1 gene with performance traits, organs and carcass of broilers to help marker-assisted selection of a paternal broiler line (TT) from EMBRAPA Swine and Poultry, Brazil. Genetic and phenotypic data of 1,400 broilers for 68 traits related to body performance, organ weights, weight of carcass parts, and yields as a percentage of organs and...
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