Many QTLs with minor additive effects are associated with a large difference in growth between two s...
Many QTLs with minor additive effects are associated with a large difference in growth between two selection lines in chickens
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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English
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Two growth-selected lines in chickens have been developed from a single founder population by divergent selection for body weight at 56 days of age. After more than 40 generations of selection they show a nine-fold difference in body weight at selection age and large differences in growth rate, appetite, fat deposition and metabolic characteristics...
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Many QTLs with minor additive effects are associated with a large difference in growth between two selection lines in chickens
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TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_uu_97917
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_uu_97917
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0016-6723,1469-5073
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1469-5073
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10.1017/S0016672305007767
