Genome ‑wide association study and genomic prediction for growth traits in yellow-plumage chicken using genotyping-by-sequencing

Growth traits are of great importance for poultry breeding and production and have been the topic of extensive investigation, with many quantitative trait loci (QTL) detected. However, due to their complex gen...

Source: Genetics Selection Evolution - October 27, 2021 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Ruifei Yang, Zhenqiang Xu, Qi Wang, Di Zhu, Cheng Bian, Jiangli Ren, Zhuolin Huang, Xiaoning Zhu, Zhixin Tian, Yuzhe Wang, Ziqin Jiang, Yiqiang Zhao, Dexiang Zhang, Ning Li and Xiaoxiang Hu Tags: Research Article Source Type: research