Mapping quantitative trait loci affecting body weight and abdominal fat weight on chicken chromosome one

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1084-1089

  Liu, X ^a   Li, H ^a   Wang, S ^a   Hu, X ^b   Gao, Y ^b   Wang, Q ^a   Li, N ^b   Wang, Y ^a   Zhang, H ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat weight; Body weight; Chicken; Microsatellite marker; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 34547682306     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.6.1084     Document Type: Article

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