Reduced variance of gene expression at numerous loci in a population of chickens selected for high feather pecking

Poultry Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1858-1869

  Hughes, A L ^a   Buitenhuis, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chicken; Feather pecking; Gene expression; Loci; Microarray expression profile

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CHICKEN; FEATHER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77958087442     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-00827     Document Type: Article

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