Associations of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor (GnRHR) and Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Genes' Polymorphisms with Egg-Laying Traits in Wenchang Chicken

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 499-504

  WU, Xu ^a,b   LI, Hui fang ^a   YAN, Mei jiao ^b   TANG, Qing ping ^a   CHEN, Kuan wei ^a   WANG, Jin yu ^b   GAO, Yu shi ^a   TU, Yun jie ^a   YU, Ya bo ^b   ZHU, Wen qi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chicken; egg laying traits; gonadotropin releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR); neuropeptide Y (NPY); single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP)

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 34247337269     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(07)60075-3     Document Type: Article

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