CHox-cad locus may influence quantitative traits in chickens
Fuad Iraqi
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorHasan Khatib
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGilat Shani
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAriel Davarsi
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAyala Frumkin
Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91010, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorMorris Soller
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAbraham Fainsod
Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91010, Israel
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Yosef Gruenbaum
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Department of Genetics, The Life Sciences Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel===Search for more papers by this authorFuad Iraqi
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorHasan Khatib
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGilat Shani
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAriel Davarsi
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAyala Frumkin
Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91010, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorMorris Soller
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAbraham Fainsod
Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91010, Israel
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Yosef Gruenbaum
Department of Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Department of Genetics, The Life Sciences Institute, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel===Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of BamHI digested chicken DNA with a chicken CHox-cad homeobox gene probe uncovered two CHox-cad RFLP alleles. The relation between the RFLP alleles and several quantitative traits was analyzed in two chicken populations having widely different genetic backgrounds: a broiler line and a layer cross. Allelic frequency differed significantly in the broiler line as compared to the egg layer cross. Significant RFLP-associated effects were found for age at first egg in the layer cross, and for mature body weight and percentage egg production in the broiler cross. © 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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