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Identification of Genes Related to Beak Deformity of Chickens Using Digital Gene Expression Profiling

Frequencies of up to 3% of beak deformity (normally a crossed beak) occur in some indigenous chickens in China, such as and Beijing-You. Chickens with deformed beaks have reduced feed intake, growth rate, and abnormal behaviors. Beak deformity represents an economic as well as an animal welfare prob...

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Autores principales: Bai, Hao, Zhu, Jing, Sun, Yanyan, Liu, Ranran, Liu, Nian, Li, Dongli, Wen, Jie, Chen, Jilan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4157856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25198128
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107050