Genetic dissection of growth traits in a Chinese indigenous x commercial broiler chicken cross

Abstract

Conclusions: The main-effect QTL detected using a standard one-dimensional genome scan accounted for a significant fraction of the observed phenotypic variance in this population. Furthermore, genes in known pathways present interesting candidates for further exploration. This study has thus located several QTL regions as promising candidates for further study, which will increase our understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying growth-related traits in chickens.

Keywords

QTL; Indigenous chicken; Growth; Epistasis; SNP chip

Published in

BMC Genomics
2013, volume: 14, article number: 151
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

SLU Authors

• Sheng, Zheya

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Pettersson, Mats

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Shen, Xia

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Carlborg, Örjan

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Genetics and Breeding in Agricultural Sciences

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-151

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/50837