Mapping quantitative trait loci and identification of genes that control fatness in poultry

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-446

  Burt, David W ^a   Hocking, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Fatness; Functional genomics; Genomics; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BODY FAT; CHICKEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FOWL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036870526     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PNS2002185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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