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Effects of the domestic thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) variant on the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis and behavior in chicken.
Genetics - 3 Mar 2021
Fallahshahroudi Amir, Johnsson Martin, Sorato Enrico, Ubhayasekera S J Kumari A, Bergquist Jonas, Altimiras Jordi, Jensen Per
Abstract excerpt
Domestic chickens are less fearful, have a faster sexual development, grow bigger, and lay more eggs than their primary ancestor, the red junglefowl. Several candidate genetic variants selected during domestication have been identified, but only a few studies have directly linked them with distinct phenotypic traits. Notably, a variant of the thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) gene has been under strong...
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