Identification of chromosomal regions associated with growth and carcass traits in an F3 full sib intercross line originating from a cross of chicken lines divergently selected on body weight

Animal Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 743-748

  Tercic D ^a   Holcman, A ^a   Dovc P ^a   Morrice, D R ^b   Burt, D W ^b   Hocking, P M ^b   Horvat, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body weight; Carcass traits; Chickens; Full sib intercross line; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 69949179248     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01917.x     Document Type: Article

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