Indirect genetic effects for survival in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus) are Magnified in crossbred genotypes and show a parent-of-origin effect

Genetics

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 705-713

  Peeters, K ^a   Eppink, T T ^a   Ellen, E D ^a   Visscher, J ^b   Bijma, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Institute de Sélection Animale B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CROSS BREEDING; FEATHER PECKING; GALLUS GALLUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; INDIRECT GENETIC EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; CHICKENS; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEATHERS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SURVIVAL;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84867188380     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.142554     Document Type: Article

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