Simultaneous mapping of epistatic QTL in chickens reveals clusters of QTL pairs with similar genetic effects on growth

Genetical Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-209

  Carlborg, Örjan ^a   Hocking, Paul M ^a   Burt, Dave W ^a   Haley, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CODOMINANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GROWTH RATE; HEREDITY; HETEROSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENOTYPE; LINEAR MODELS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 4344693087     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672304006779     Document Type: Article

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