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Genetic architecture of bone quality variation in layer chickens revealed by a genome-wide association study

Skeletal problems in layer chickens are gaining attention due to animal welfare and economic losses in the egg industry. The genetic improvement of bone traits has been proposed as a potential solution to these issues; however, genetic architecture is not well understood. We conducted a genome-wide...

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Autores principales: Guo, Jun, Sun, Congjiao, Qu, Liang, Shen, Manman, Dou, Taocun, Ma, Meng, Wang, Kehua, Yang, Ning
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382839/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28383518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep45317