Domestication-related genetic effects on social behavior in chickens - Effects of genotype at a major growth quantitative trait locus

Poultry Science

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1162-1166

  Wiren A ^a   Gunnarsson, U ^b   Andersson, L ^b   Jensen, P ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AVPR1a; Behavior; Chicken; Genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

DNA; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 68049096037     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00492     Document Type: Article

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