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Breeding history and candidate genes responsible for black skin of Xichuan black-bone chicken.
BMC genomics - 23 Jul 2020
Li Donghua, Sun Guirong, Zhang Meng, Cao Yanfang, Zhang Chenxi, Fu Yawei, Li Fang, Li Guoxi, Jiang Ruirui, Han Ruili, Li Zhuanjian, Wang Yanbin, Tian Yadong, Liu Xiaojun, Li Wenting, Kang Xiangtao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Domesticated chickens have a wide variety of phenotypes, in contrast with their wild progenitors. Unlike other chicken breeds, Xichuan black-bone chickens have blue-shelled eggs, and black meat, beaks, skin, bones, and legs. The breeding history and the economically important traits of this breed have not yet been explored at the genomic level. We therefore used whole genome resequencing to analyze...
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