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Genetic basis of chicken plumage color in artificial population of complex epistasis.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2021
Hua Guoying, Chen Jianfei, Wang Jiankui, Li Junying, Deng Xuemei
Abstract excerpt
Chicken plumage color, the genetic basis of which is often affected by epistasis, has long interested scientists. In the current study, a population of complex epistasis was constructed by crossing dominant White Leghorn chickens with recessive white feather chickens. Through a genome-wide association study, we identified single nucleotide polymorphisms and genes significantly associated with white and colored...
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