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Early and late feathering in turkey and chicken: same gene but different mutations
BACKGROUND: Sex-linked slow (SF) and fast (FF) feathering rates at hatch have been widely used in poultry breeding for autosexing at hatch. In chicken, the sex-linked K (SF) and k+ (FF) alleles are responsible for the feathering rate phenotype. Allele K is dominant and a partial duplication of the p...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5863816/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29566646 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-018-0380-3 |