Study on association of single nucleotide polymorphism of MC3R and MC4R genes with carcass and meat quality traits in chicken

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-187

  Wang, Yan ^a   Su, Yi ^a   Jiang, Xiaosong ^b   Liu, Yiping ^a   Li, Xiaocheng ^c   Zhang, Zengrong ^a   Du, Huarui ^c   Zhu, Qing ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN ANIMAL SCIENCE ACADEMY   (China)

^c Sichuan Dahen Poultry Breeding Company   (China)

Author keywords

Carcass traits; Chicken; MC R MC.R; Meat quality; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 71449095684     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.46.180     Document Type: Article

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