Laying traits and underlying transcripts, expressed in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, that were associated with egg production variability in chickens

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1305-1315

  Chen, Chih Feng ^a   Shiue, Yow Ling ^b   Yen, Cheng Ju ^a   Tang, Pin Chi ^a   Chang, Hui Chiu ^b,c   Lee, Yen Pai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chickens; Clutch length; Egg production; Laying traits; Oviposition lag within clutch; Transcripts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVIPOSITION; PITUITARY GLAND; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 35649012013     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.08.032     Document Type: Article

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