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Metabolomics reveals the reasons for the occurrence of Pendulous-comb related to egg production performance.
Poultry science - 1 Aug 2024
Cai Danfeng, Zhou Zhen, Cai Bolin, Wang Zhijun, Ju Xing, Kong Shaofen, Yang Xin, Lin Duo, Nie Qinghua
Abstract excerpt
The chicken comb is an essential secondary sexual characteristic to measure sexual maturity and is closely related to reproductive performance. Pendulous comb (PC) and upright comb (UC) are 2 common comb phenotypes in hens, which have been highly associated with egg production performance. However, the reasons for the formation of PC remain undetermined. In this study, we first characterized the PC and UC chicken...
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