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The Effect of a Mutation in the Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor (TSHR) on Development, Behaviour and TH Levels in Domesticated Chickens

The thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) has been suggested to be a “domestication locus” in the chicken, due to a strong selective sweep over the gene found in domesticated chickens, differentiating them from their wild ancestor the Red Junglefowl (RJF). We investigated the effect of the mut...

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Autores principales: Karlsson, Anna-Carin, Svemer, Frida, Eriksson, Jonas, Darras, Veerle M., Andersson, Leif, Jensen, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4460094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26053744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129040