Mapping of quantitative trait loci for body weight at three, six, and nine weeks of age in a broiler layer cross

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1775-1781

  Sewalem, A ^a,c   Morrice, D M ^a   Law, A ^a   Windsor, D ^a   Haley, C S ^a   Ikeobi, C O N ^a,b,d   Burt, D W ^a   Hocking, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^c CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Broiler; Layer; Microsatellite; Quantitative trait loci; Weight

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 0036984812     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.12.1775     Document Type: Article

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