The twofold difference in adult size between the red junglefowl and White Leghorn chickens is largely explained by a limited number of QTLs
- 22 July 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Animal Genetics
- Vol. 34 (4), 264-274
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2052.2003.01000.x
Abstract
A large intercross between the domestic White Leghorn chicken and the wild ancestor, the red junglefowl, has been used in a Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) study of growth and egg production. The linka...Keywords
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