QTL for percentage of carcass and carcass parts in a broiler x layer cross

Animal Genetics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-124

  Baron, E E ^a   Moura, A S A M T ^b   Ledur, M C ^c   Pinto, L F B ^d   Boschiero, C ^b   Ruy, D C ^a   Nones, K ^a   Zanella, E L ^c,f   Rosario M F ^a   Burt, D W ^e   Coutinho, L L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast; Carcass; Chickens; Drums and thighs; QTL; Shank; Wings

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650206928     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02105.x     Document Type: Article

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