Association of predicted deleterious single nucleotide polymorphisms with carcass traits in meat-type chickens

Breeding has been the mainly responsible for the increase of poultry efficiency in the last decades. The breeding programs are geared towards higher meat yield and feed efficiency. Among the used genomic approaches, genome wide association studies (GWAS) identified quantitative trait loci (QTLs) ass...

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Main Author: Trevisoli, Priscila Anchieta
Other Authors: Coutinho, Luiz Lehmann
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Biblioteca Digitais de Teses e Dissertações da USP 2018
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Online Access:http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/11/11139/tde-21082018-152925/