Article
Biological mechanisms discriminating growth rate and adult body weight phenotypes in two Chinese indigenous chicken breeds.
BMC genomics - 20 Jun 2017
Dou Tengfei, Zhao Sumei, Rong Hua, Gu Dahai, Li Qihua, Huang Ying, Xu Zhiqiang, Chu Xiaohui, Tao Linli, Liu Lixian, Ge Changrong, Te Pas Marinus F W, Jia Junjing
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Intensive selection has resulted in increased growth rates and muscularity in broiler chickens, in addition to adverse effects, including delayed organ development, sudden death syndrome, and altered metabolic rates. The biological mechanisms underlying selection responses remain largely unknown. Non-artificially-selected indigenous Chinese chicken breeds display a wide variety of phenotypes,...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Body Weight
- Chickens
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Liver
- Muscle Development
- Muscles
- Phenotype
- Species Specificity