Investigating the impact of pigmentation variation of breast muscle on growth traits, melanin deposition, and gene expression in Xuefeng black-bone chickens

ABSTRACT: The blackness traits, considered an important economic factor in the black-bone chicken industry, still exhibits a common phenomenon of significant difference in blackness of breast muscle. To improve this phenomenon, this study compared growth traits, blackness traits, and transcriptome o...

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Main Authors: Yuying Deng, Xiangyong Qu, Yaling Yao, Meichun Li, Changqing He, Songchang Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579124002724