Identification of QTL for production traits in chickens

Animal Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-79

  Hansen, Christiane ^a,b   Yi, Nengjun ^c   Zhang, Yuan Ming ^c   Xu, Shizhong ^c   Gavora, Jan ^d   Cheng, Hans H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chicken; Microsatellite; Production trait; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMES; GENES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MEATS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHICKEN; MICROSATELLITES; PRODUCTION TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI (QTL);

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GALLUS GALLUS;

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; EGG; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; EGGS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 18844436440     PISSN: 10495398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ABIO-200055016     Document Type: Article

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