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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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Autores principales: Derks, Martijn F. L., Herrero-Medrano, Juan M., Crooijmans, Richard P. M. A., Vereijken, Addie, Long, Julie A., Megens, Hendrik-Jan, Groenen, Martien A. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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