Detection of loci exhibiting pleiotropic effects on body weight and egg number in female broilers

Abstract The objective of the present study was to discover the genetic variants, functional candidate genes, biological processes and molecular functions underlying the negative genetic correlation observed between body weight (BW) and egg number (EN) traits in female broilers. To this end, first a...

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Main Authors: Eirini Tarsani, Andreas Kranis, Gerasimos Maniatis, Ariadne L. Hager-Theodorides, Antonios Kominakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86817-8