A chicken DNA methylation clock for the prediction of broiler health

Raddatz, Lyko and colleagues use whole-genome bisulfite sequencing data to generate a methylation clock for chicken. This clock was able to detect age acceleration in broiler chickens under experimentally induced inflammation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Günter Raddatz, Ryan J. Arsenault, Bridget Aylward, Rose Whelan, Florian Böhl, Frank Lyko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01608-7