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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2013

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

Sheng, Zheya; Pettersson, Mats; Hu, Xiaoxiang; Luo, Chenglong; Qu, Hao; Shu, Dingming; Shen, Xia; Carlborg, Örjan; Li, Ning

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

Authors' information

Sheng, Zheya
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences
Pettersson, Mats
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences
Hu, Xiaoxiang
Luo, Chenglong
Qu, Hao
Shu, Dingming
Shen, Xia
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences
Carlborg, Örjan
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences
Li, Ning

UKÄ Subject classification

Genetics and Breeding

Publication Identifiers

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

URI (permanent link to this page)

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