Mapping of the recessive white locus and analysis of the tyrosinase gene in chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2126-2133

  Sato, S ^a   Otake, T ^a   Suzuki, C ^a   Saburi, J ^a   Kobayashi, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian retroviral sequence; Mapping; Microsatellite marker; Recessive white chicken; Tyrosinase gene

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 35348840155     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.10.2126     Document Type: Article

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