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Combination analysis of genome-wide association and transcriptome sequencing of residual feed intake in quality chickens.
BMC genomics - 9 Aug 2016
Xu Zhenqiang, Ji Congliang, Zhang Yan, Zhang Zhe, Nie Qinghua, Xu Jiguo, Zhang Dexiang, Zhang Xiquan
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BACKGROUND: Residual feed intake (RFI) is a powerful indicator for energy utilization efficiency and responds to selection. Low RFI selection enables a reduction in feed intake without affecting growth performance. However, the effective variants or major genes dedicated to phenotypic differences in RFI in quality chickens are unclear. Therefore, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and RNA sequencing were...
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