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Identifying Genetic Differences Between Dongxiang Blue-Shelled and White Leghorn Chickens Using Sequencing Data.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 2 Feb 2018
Zhao Qing-Bo, Liao Rong-Rong, Sun Hao, Zhang Zhe, Wang Qi-Shan, Yang Chang-Suo, Zhang Xiang-Zhe, Pan Yu-Chun
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The Dongxiang Blue-shelled chicken is one of the most valuable Chinese indigenous poultry breeds. However, compared to the Italian native White Leghorn, although this Chinese breed possesses numerous favorable characteristics, it also exhibits lower growth performance and fertility. Here, we utilized genotyping sequencing data obtained via genome reduction on a sequencing platform to detect 100,114 single...
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