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Association of SNP rs80659072 in the ZRS with polydactyly in Beijing You chickens.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Chu Qin, Yan Zhixun, Zhang Jian, Usman Tahir, Zhang Yao, Liu Hui, Wang Haihong, Geng Ailian, Liu Huagui
Abstract excerpt
The Beijing You chicken is a Chinese native breed with superior meat quality and a unique appearance. The G/T mutation of SNP rs80659072 in the Shh long-range regulator of GGA2 is highly associated with the polydactyly phenotype in some chicken breeds. In the present study, this SNP was genotyped using the TaqMan detection method, and its association with the number of toes was analyzed in a flock of 158 birds of...
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