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Identification of candidate genomic regions for chicken egg number traits based on genome-wide association study.
BMC genomics - 10 Aug 2021
Zhao Xiurong, Nie Changsheng, Zhang Jinxin, Li Xinghua, Zhu Tao, Guan Zi, Chen Yu, Wang Liang, Lv Xue Ze, Yang Weifang, Jia Yaxiong, Ning Zhonghua, Li Haiying, Qu Changqing, Wang Huie, Qu Lujiang
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BACKGROUND: Since the domestication of chicken, various breeds have been developed for food production, entertainment, and so on. Compared to indigenous chicken breeds which generally do not show elite production performance, commercial breeds or lines are selected intensely for meat or egg production. In the present study, in order to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying the dramatic differences of egg...
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