Across-line SNP association study for direct and associative effects on feather damage in laying hens

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 715-727

  Biscarini, F ^a   Bovenhuis, H ^a   Van Der Poel, J ^a   Rodenburg, T B ^a   Jungerius, A P ^b   Van Arendonk, J A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Hendrix Genetics   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Association study; Direct and associative effects; Feather pecking; Laying hens; Plumage condition; SNPs

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 9; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEATHER PECKING; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMOKINE CCL4; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-9; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; NF-KAPPA B; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2C;

EID: 77956188841     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9370-0     Document Type: Article

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