QTL Mapping for Meat Color Traits Using the F2 Intercross between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn Chickens

Meat color traits have economic importance and are regulated by multiple genetic loci (quantitative trait loci: QTLs), environmental factors, and their interactions. Using an F2 intercross population between the Oh-Shamo (Japanese Large Game) and White Leghorn chickens, QTL analysis based on the Ba...

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Main Authors: Minori Yoshida, Akira Ishikawa, Tatsuhiko Goto, Naoki Goto, Masahide Nishibori, Masaoki Tsudzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Poultry Science Association 2013-07-01
Series:The Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/50/3/50_0120189/_pdf/-char/en