Mapping of quantitative trait loci affecting quality and production traits in egg layers

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 919-927

  Tuiskula Haavisto, M ^a   Honkatukia, M ^a   Vilkki, J ^a   De Koning, D J ^b,c   Schulman, N F ^a   Maki Tanila A ^a  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg layer; Egg production; Egg quality; Genome scan; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EGG WHITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; EATING; EGG; EGG LAYING; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EATING; EGG SHELL; EGG WHITE; EGGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; OVIPOSITION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 0036633129     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.7.919     Document Type: Article

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