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Transcriptional analysis of liver from chickens with fast (meat bird), moderate (F1 layer x meat bird cross) and low (layer bird) growth potential.
BMC genomics - 2 May 2018
Willson Nicky-Lee, Forder Rebecca E A, Tearle Rick, Williams John L, Hughes Robert J, Nattrass Greg S, Hynd Philip I
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BACKGROUND: Divergent selection for meat and egg production in poultry has resulted in strains of birds differing widely in traits related to these products. Modern strains of meat birds can reach live weights of 2 kg in 35 d, while layer strains are now capable of producing more than 300 eggs per annum but grow slowly. In this study, RNA-Seq was used to investigate hepatic gene expression between three groups of...
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