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RNA-Seq Analysis of Abdominal Fat Reveals Differences between Modern Commercial Broiler Chickens with High and Low Feed Efficiencies

For economic and environmental reasons, chickens with superior feed efficiency (FE) are preferred in the broiler chicken industry. High FE (HFE) chickens typically have reduced abdominal fat, the major adipose tissue in chickens. In addition to its function of energy storage, adipose tissue is a met...

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Autores principales: Zhuo, Zhu, Lamont, Susan J., Lee, William R., Abasht, Behnam
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/PMC4546421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26295149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0135810