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A genetic marker in the growth hormone receptor gene associated with body weight in chickens.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Feng X P, Kuhnlein U, Fairfull R W, Aggrey S E, Yao J, Zadworny D
Abstract excerpt
A genomic clone spanning 16 kb of the GH receptor gene was mapped and used as a probe for identifying restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) in chickens. Several strains of meat-type and egg laying chickens were found to segregate for an HindIII RFLP located in the intron preceding exon 4. The polymorphic HindIII site overlapped with a poly(A) signal. Association of the HindIII RFLP with traits was...
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