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Simulation of dual-purpose chicken breeding programs implementing gene editing.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 17 Jan 2024
Chuang Edward Y S, Wellmann Robin, Meijboom Franck L B, Tetens Jens, Bennewitz Jörn
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BACKGROUND: In spite of being controversial and raising ethical concerns, the application of gene editing is more likely to be accepted when it contributes to improving animal welfare. One of the animal welfare and ethical issues in chicken breeding is chick culling, the killing of the male layer chicks after hatching due to the poor fattening performance. Although establishing dual-purpose chicken lines could...
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