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Promising Loci and Genes for Yolk and Ovary Weight in Chickens Revealed by a Genome-Wide Association Study

Because it serves as the cytoplasm of the oocyte and provides a large amount of reserves, the egg yolk has biological significance for developing embryos. The ovary and its hierarchy of follicles are the main reproductive organs responsible for yolk deposition in chickens. However, the genetic archi...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Sun, Congjiao, Lu, Jian, Yi, Guoqiang, Yuan, Jingwei, Duan, Zhongyi, Qu, Lujiang, Xu, Guiyun, Wang, Kehua, Yang, Ning
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4558091/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26332579
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0137145
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