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Differences in hindlimb morphology of ducks and chickens: effects of domestication and selection.

Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 17 Nov 2015

Duggan Brendan M, Hocking Paul M, Schwarz Tobias, Clements Dylan N

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BACKGROUND: Poultry account for the most numerous species farmed for meat and have been subject to intense selection over approximately 60 generations. To assess morphological changes which have occurred in the avian leg due to selection for rapid growth and high meat yields, divergent lines of chicken (Gallus gallus) and duck (Anas platyrhynchos) were studied between 3 and 7 weeks of age. For each line, femoral...

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PMID: 26576729
DOI: 10.1186/s12711-015-0166-9
PMCID: PMC4647608

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