An intercross population study reveals genes associated with body size and plumage color in ducks

An intercross population study reveals genes associated with body size and plumage color in ducks

Ducks, one of the most common domestic fowls, originated from mallards. Here, the authors perform whole-genome sequencing of mallards, indigenous-breed ducks, and Pekin ducks, as well as 1026 ducks from a population generated by wild × domestic crosses to identify selection signals and map variants...

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Main Authors: Zhengkui Zhou, Ming Li, Hong Cheng, Wenlei Fan, Zhengrong Yuan, Qiang Gao, Yaxi Xu, Zhanbao Guo, Yunsheng Zhang, Jian Hu, Hehe Liu, Dapeng Liu, Weihuang Chen, Zhuqing Zheng, Yong Jiang, Zhiguo Wen, Yongming Liu, Hua Chen, Ming Xie, Qi Zhang, Wei Huang, Wen Wang, Shuisheng Hou, Yu Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04868-4

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04868-4

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