Marker-assisted assessment of genotype by environment interaction: A case study of single nucleotide polymorphism-mortality association in broilers in two hygiene environments

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3358-3366

  Long, N ^a   Gianola, D ^a   Rosa, G J M ^a   Weigel, K A ^a   Avendano S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Aviagen   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Genetic association; Genotype by environment interaction; Machine learning; Mortality; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HYGIENE; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HYGIENE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MORTALITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58749100318     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1021     Document Type: Article

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