Effect of tumor virus susceptibility alleles on the late-feathering gene K on early growth of White Leghorns.

doi:10.3382/ps.0721400

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Effect of tumor virus susceptibility alleles on the late-feathering gene K on early growth of White Leghorns.

Poultry science - 1 Aug 1993

Smith E J, Nelsen T C

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The influence of tumor virus susceptibility (tvb) alleles and the sex-linked, late-feathering-endogenous virus 21 complex (K-ev21) on early growth was observed in progeny from late-feathering (LF) and early-feathering (EF) dams. At 2, 4, 6 and 10 wk of age, homozygous (K/K) males that carried a d...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Body Weight
Chickens
Feathers
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Male
Poultry Diseases
Tumor Virus Infections

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