The twofold difference in adult size between the red junglefowl and White Leghorn chickens is largely explained by a limited number of QTLs

Animal Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 264-274

  Kerje, S ^a   Carlborg, O ^a   Jacobsson, L ^a   Schutz K ^a   Hartmann, C ^a   Jensen, Per ^a,d   Andersson, Leif ^a,b,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Additive effects; Chicken; Egg production; Growth; Quantitative Trait Locus

Indexed keywords

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA PRIMERS; EGGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0041488856     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2003.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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