Fine-mapping quantitative trait loci for body weight and abdominal fat traits: Effects of marker density and sample size

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1314-1319

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

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat weight; Body weight; Chicken; Fine mapping; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 46249129496     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00512     Document Type: Article

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