Differences in hindlimb morphology of ducks and chickens: effects of domestication and selection

BACKGROUND: Poultry account for the most numerous species farmed for meat and have been subject to intense selection over approximately 60 generations. To assess morphological changes which have occurred in the avian leg due to selection for rapid growth and high meat yields, divergent lines of chic...

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Autores principales: Duggan, Brendan M., Hocking, Paul M., Schwarz, Tobias, Clements, Dylan N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26576729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-015-0166-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4647608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26576729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-015-0166-9

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