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A short insertion mutation disrupts genesis of miR-16 and causes increased body weight in domesticated chicken.
Scientific reports - 3 Nov 2016
Jia Xinzheng, Lin Huiran, Nie Qinghua, Zhang Xiquan, Lamont Susan J
Abstract excerpt
Body weight is one of the most important quantitative traits with high heritability in chicken. We previously mapped a quantitative trait locus (QTL) for body weight by genome-wide association study (GWAS) in an F2 chicken resource population. To identify the causal mutations linked to this QTL, expression profiles were determined on livers of high-weight and low-weight chicken lines by microarray. Combining the...
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