The genetic architecture of domestication in the chicken: Effects of pleiotropy and linkage

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 5140-5156

  Wright, D ^a,b   Rubin, C J ^b,c   Martinez Barrio, A ^d   Schutz K ^e,f   Kerje, S ^c   Brandstrom H ^c   Kindmark, A ^c   Jensen, P ^a   Andersson, L ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

domestication; epistasis; pleiotropy; QTL

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 78649622098     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04882.x     Document Type: Article

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