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Genome-wide association studies for feed intake and efficiency in two laying periods of chickens
BACKGROUND: Feed contributes to over 60 % of the total production costs in the poultry industry. Increasing feed costs prompt geneticists to include feed intake and efficiency as selection goals in breeding programs. In the present study, we used an F(2) chicken population in a genome-wide associati...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26475174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-015-0161-1 |