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Genome-wide association study revealed genomic regions related to white/red earlobe color trait in the Rhode Island Red chickens.
BMC genetics - 5 Aug 2016
Nie Changsheng, Zhang Zebin, Zheng Jiangxia, Sun Hongyan, Ning Zhonghua, Xu Guiyun, Yang Ning, Qu Lujiang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Earlobe color is a naturally and artificially selected trait in chicken. As a head furnishing trait, it has been selected as a breed characteristic. Research has demonstrated that white/red earlobe color was related to at least three loci and sex-linked. However, there has been little work to date to identify the specific genomic regions and genes response to earlobe color in Rhode Island Red...
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