Molecular genetic foundation of a sex-linked tailless trait in Hongshan chicken by whole genome data analysis

ABSTRACT: As a Chinese local chicken breed, Hongshan chickens have 2 kinds of tail feather phenotypes, normal and taillessness. Our previous studies showed that taillessness was a sex-linked dominant trait. Abnormal development of the tail vertebrae could be explained this phenomenon in some chicken...

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Main Authors: Anqi Chen, Qiong Wang, Xiurong Zhao, Gang Wang, Xinye Zhang, Xufang Ren, Yalan Zhang, Xue Cheng, Xiaofan Yu, Xiaohan Mei, Huie Wang, Menghan Guo, Xiaoyu Jiang, Guozhen Wei, Xue Wang, Runshen Jiang, Xing Guo, Zhonghua Ning, Lujiang Qu
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/S0032579124002669