Relationship between the Production Traits and three Candidate Genes in the Prolactin’s In/Del×In/Del Population of Silkie Fowl

Silkie fowl are very famous in China and Japan, however the egg production rate of the Silkie fowl is very low because of broodiness. Authors have examined the polymorphisms of the 5′-flanking region of the prolactin gene in Taihe Silkie fowl and identified a 24-bp In/Del locus, but no In/In Silkie...

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Main Authors: MD. Mijanur Rahman, Riho Matsuda, Tomoe Matsuda, Yuki Nishiyama, Kosuke Jozaki, Kajio Anann, Yasuhiko Wada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Poultry Science Association 2014-04-01
Series:The Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/51/2/51_0130075/_pdf/-char/en