Breeding history and candidate genes responsible for black skin of Xichuan black-bone chicken

Breeding history and candidate genes responsible for black skin of Xichuan black-bone chicken

Abstract Background Domesticated chickens have a wide variety of phenotypes, in contrast with their wild progenitors. Unlike other chicken breeds, Xichuan black-bone chickens have blue-shelled eggs, and black meat, beaks, skin, bones, and legs. The breeding history and the economically important tra...

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Main Authors: Donghua Li, Guirong Sun, Meng Zhang, Yanfang Cao, Chenxi Zhang, Yawei Fu, Fang Li, Guoxi Li, Ruirui Jiang, Ruili Han, Zhuanjian Li, Yanbin Wang, Yadong Tian, Xiaojun Liu, Wenting Li, Xiangtao Kang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
Xichuan black-bone chicken
Structural variants
Selective sweep
Black skin
Integration of whole genome and transcriptome
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-020-06900-8

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