Genome-Wide Association Studies for Comb Traits in Chickens.

Genome-Wide Association Studies for Comb Traits in Chickens.

The comb, as a secondary sexual character, is an important trait in chicken. Indicators of comb length (CL), comb height (CH), and comb weight (CW) are often selected in production. DNA-based marker-assisted selection could help chicken breeders to accelerate genetic improvement for comb or related...

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Main Authors: Manman Shen, Liang Qu, Meng Ma, Taocun Dou, Jian Lu, Jun Guo, Yuping Hu, Guoqiang Yi, Jingwei Yuan, Congjiao Sun, Kehua Wang, Ning Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4948856?pdf=render

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