Genomics of Dwarfism in Italian Local Chicken Breeds

Genomics of Dwarfism in Italian Local Chicken Breeds

The identification of the dwarf phenotype in chicken is based on body weight, height, and shank length, leaving the differentiation between dwarf and small breeds ambiguous. The aims of the present study were to characterize the sequence variations associated with the dwarf phenotype in three Italia...

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Main Authors: Francesco Perini, Filippo Cendron, Zhou Wu, Natalia Sevane, Zhiqiang Li, Chunhua Huang, Jacqueline Smith, Emiliano Lasagna, Martino Cassandro, Mauro Penasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Genes
Subjects:
genomic region
indigenous breed
chicken
SNP
GWAS
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/14/3/633

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