Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2006
Quantitative trait loci analysis of egg and meat production traits in a red junglefowl x White Leghorn cross
Wright D, Kerje S, Lundstrom K, Babol J, Schutz K, Jensen P, Andersson LAbstract
Egg and production traits are of considerable economic importance in chickens. Using a White Leghorn x red junglefowl F-2 intercross, standard production measures of liver weight and colour, egg size, eggshell thickness, egg taste and meat quality were taken. A total of 160 markers covering 29 autosomes and the Z chromosome were genotyped on 175-243 individuals, depending on the trait under consideration. A total of nine significant quantitative trait loci (QTL) and three suggestive QTL were found on chicken chromosomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, E47W24 and E22C19W28Published in
Animal Genetics2006, volume: 37, number: 6, pages: 529-534
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
Authors' information
Lundström, Kerstin
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Food Science
Andersson, Leif
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Wright, D
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Food Science
Schütz, K
Jensen, P
Kerje, S
UKÄ Subject classification
Veterinary Science
Animal and Dairy Science
Food Science
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01515.x
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/9429