Carotenoid genetics: Chicken skin sheds light on carotenoid genetics

Heredity

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 393-394

  Pointer, M A ^a   Mundy, N I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL; CHICKEN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOTE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CHICKENS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SKIN;

EID: 54349088459     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.82     Document Type: Note

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