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Haplotype Purging after Relaxation of Selection in Lines of Chickens That Had Undergone Long-Term Selection for High and Low Body Weight

Bi-directional selection for increased and decreased 56-day body weights (BW56) has been applied to two lines of White Plymouth Rock chickens—the Virginia high (HWS) and low (LWS) body weight lines. Correlated responses have been observed, including negative effects on traits related to fitness. Her...

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Autores principales: Yang, Yunzhou, Zan, Yanjun, Honaker, Christa F., Siegel, Paul B., Carlborg, Örjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7349872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32521737
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/genes11060630

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