Overview of genomic insights into chicken growth traits based on genome-wide association study and microRNA regulation

Current Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-146

  Xu, Zhenqiang ^a   Nie, Qinghua ^a   Zhang, Xiquan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken; Genome wide association study (GWAS); Growth traits; Microrna (miRNA) regulation; Quantitative trait loci (QTL); Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPS)

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE;

BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 4; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMITE; STUNTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84874891757     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389202911314020006     Document Type: Review

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