Quantitative trait loci associated with body weight and abdominal fat traits on chicken chromosomes 3, 5 and 7

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 956-965

  Wang, S Z ^a   Hu, X X ^b   Wang, Z P ^a   Li, X C ^a   Wang, Q G ^a   Wang, Y X ^a   Tang, Z Q ^a   Li, H ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat traits; Body weight; Chicken; Microsatellite marker; NEAURP; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 5; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING;

EID: 84930480118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2012.April.19.1     Document Type: Article

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