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Effect of the slow (K) or rapid (k(+)) feathering gene on body and feather growth and fatness according to ambient temperature in a Leghorn × brown egg type cross

Chicks of both sexes issued from the cross of heterozygous K/k(+ )cocks for the slow-feathering sex linked K allele with k(+ )(rapid feathering) hens, were compared from the age of 4 to 10 weeks at two ambient temperatures. In individual cages, 30 male chicks of each genotype (K/k(+ )and k(+)/k(+))...

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Autores principales: Fotsa, Jean-Claude, Mérat, Philippe, Bordas, André
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2705396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11742634
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-33-6-659