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Genome-wide association study of aggressive behaviour in chicken.
Scientific reports - 3 Aug 2016
Li Zhenhui, Zheng Ming, Abdalla Bahareldin Ali, Zhang Zhe, Xu Zhenqiang, Ye Qiao, Xu Haiping, Luo Wei, Nie Qinghua, Zhang Xiquan
Abstract excerpt
In the poultry industry, aggressive behaviour is a large animal welfare issue all over the world. To date, little is known about the underlying genetics of the aggressive behaviour. Here, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to explore the genetic mechanism associated with aggressive behaviour in chickens. The GWAS results showed that a total of 33 SNPs were associated with aggressive behaviour...
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