Article
Sex Differences in Response to Marek’s Disease: Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Regions (QTLRs) to the Z Chromosome
2022-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Marek’s Disease (MD) has a significant impact on both the global poultry economy and animal welfare. The disease pathology can include neurological damage and tumour formation. Sexual dimorphism in immunity and known higher susceptibility of females to MD makes the chicken Z chromosome (GGZ) a particularly attractive target to study the chicken MD response. Previously, we used a Hy-Line F6 population from a...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1c0ad16d-a787-5364-94b2-c85e310305b4
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202212.0025.v1
