Partial duplication of the PRLR and SPEF2 genes at the late feathering locus in chicken

BACKGROUND: One of the loci responsible for feather development in chickens is K. The K allele is partially dominant to the k+ allele and causes a retard in the emergence of flight feathers at hatch. The K locus is sex linked and located on the Z chromosome. Therefore, the locus can be utilized to p...

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Autores principales: Elferink, Martin G, Vallée, Amélie AA, Jungerius, Annemieke P, Crooijmans, Richard PMA, Groenen, Martien AM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2542384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18713476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-9-391

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2542384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18713476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-9-391

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