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Identification of genomic regions and candidate genes for chicken meat ultimate pH by combined detection of selection signatures and QTL.
BMC genomics - 25 Apr 2018
Bihan-Duval Elisabeth Le, Hennequet-Antier Christelle, Berri Cécile, Beauclercq Stéphane A, Bourin Marie Christine, Boulay Maryse, Demeure Olivier, Boitard Simon
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The understanding of the biological determinism of meat ultimate pH, which is strongly related to muscle glycogen content, is a key point for the control of muscle integrity and meat quality in poultry. In the present study, we took advantage of a unique model of two broiler lines divergently selected for the ultimate pH of the pectoralis major muscle (PM-pHu) in order to decipher the genetic control...
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