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Quantitative trait loci and candidate genes for the economic traits in meat-type chicken

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2014

M. CAHYADI ,
C. JO  and
J.H. LEE
M. CAHYADI
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia
C. JO
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Food and Bioconvergence, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
J.H. LEE*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea
*
Corresponding author: junheon@cnu.ac.kr
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Abstract

Recent progress has been achieved in the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) and candidate genes, and they have been found to be very important for the production of chickens with more desirable meat characteristics. The major economic traits of chicken meat production were divided into two major categories, namely growth and carcass condition. In this paper, the QTL locations and candidate genes for the above mentioned traits are reviewed. The results presented here will provide guidelines for the selection of high quality and highly productive chickens through the marker assisted selection (MAS), which should be extensively used by poultry breeders and companies.

Keywords

candidate geneeconomic traitmeat-type chickenQTL
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Review Article
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , June 2014 , pp. 329 - 342
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Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2014 

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