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Trait association of genetic markers in the growth hormone and the growth hormone receptor gene in a White Leghorn strain.
Poultry science - 1 Dec 1997
Feng X P, Kuhnlein U, Aggrey S E, Gavora J S, Zadworny D
Abstract excerpt
Alleles of the growth hormone (GH) gene and GH receptor (GHR) gene were analyzed for association with juvenile body weight (HBWT), age at first egg (AFE), the hen-day rate of egg production (HDR), egg specific gravity (SPG), and egg weight (EWT) in a strain of White Leghorns. The particular strain segregated at near equal frequencies for two GH alleles defined by differences at three restriction fragment length...
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