Quantitative trait loci affecting fatness in the chicken

Animal Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 428-435

  Ikeobi, C O N ^a,b,c   Woolliams, J A ^a   Morrice, D R ^a   Law, A ^a   Windsor, D ^a   Burt, D W ^a   Hocking, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Broiler; Chicken; Fat; Fat distribution; Layer; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0036918205     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2002.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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