Article
Genome-wide association analysis reveals novel loci for hypoxia adaptability in Tibetan chicken.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2018
Jiang S Y, Xu H Y, Shen Z N, Zhao C J, Wu C
Abstract excerpt
The Tibetan chicken (TBC), an indigenous chicken breed of the Tibetan Plateau, has adapted to its hypoxic, high-altitude environment over hundreds of years. The objective of this study was to identify the polymorphisms and genes associated with adaptation to hypoxia in this chicken breed. In the present study, samples were collected during days 18-21 of the incubation period from both surviving chicks and dead...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Altitude
- Animals
- Breeding
- Chickens
- Forkhead Transcription Factors
- Genetic Association Studies
- Hypoxia
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Tibet
