QTL analysis of a red junglefowl × White Leghorn intercross reveals trade-off in resource allocation between behavior and production traits

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 423-433

  Schütz, Karin ^a   Kerje, Susanne ^a   Carlborg, Örjan ^a   Jacobsson, Lina ^a   Andersson, Leif ^a   Jensen, Per ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behavior; Fowl; Production traits; QTL analysis; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 7; CROSS BREEDING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EGG PRODUCTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOWL; GENETIC LINKAGE; GROWTH; MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOTIVATION; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIS CATUS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0036853536     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020880211144     Document Type: Article

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