Ornithine decarboxylase: Haplotype structure and trait associations in white leghorn chickens

Poultry Science

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1518-1523

  Parsanejad, R ^a   Praslickova, D ^a   Zadworny, D ^a   Kuhnlein, U ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body weight; Feed efficiency; Ornithine decarboxylase haplotype; Poultry; Sexual maturity

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 4444271859     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/83.9.1518     Document Type: Article

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