Quantitative trait locus detection in commercial broiler lines using candidate regions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1158-1165

  De Koning, D J ^a   Windsor, D ^a   Hocking, P M ^a   Burt, D W ^a   Law, A ^a   Haley, C S ^a   Morris, A ^b,c   Vincent, J ^b   Griffin, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b The Cobb Breeding Company Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Springfield Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body Weight; Broilers; Genomes; Mapping; Poultry; Quantitative Trait Loci

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; EATING; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EATING; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037512428     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8151158x     Document Type: Article

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