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Quantitative trait loci with sex-specific effects for internal organs weights and hematocrit value in a broiler-layer cross.
Journal of applied genetics - 1 May 2016
Moura A S A M T, Ledur M C, Boschiero C, Nones K, Pinto L F B, Jaenisch F R F, Burt D W, Coutinho L L
Abstract excerpt
Rapid growth in broilers is associated with susceptibility to metabolic disorders such as pulmonary hypertension syndrome (ascites) and sudden death. This study describes a genome search for QTL associated with relative weight of cardio respiratory and metabolically important organs (heart, lungs, liver and gizzard), and hematocrit value in a Brazilian broiler-layer cross. QTL with similar or different effects...
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