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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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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 |