Performance comparison of dwarf laying hens segregating for the naked neck gene in temperate and subtropical environments

<p>Abstract</p> <p>This study compares laying performances between two environments of dwarf laying hen lines segregating for the naked neck mutation (<it>NA </it>locus), a selected dwarf line of brown-egg layers and its control line. Layers with one of the three genoty...

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Main Authors: Bordas André, Lee Yen-Pai, Huang Nein-Zu, Gourichon David, Chen Chih-Feng, Tixier-Boichard Michèle
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://www.gsejournal.org/content/41/1/13