Quantitative trait loci analysis of egg and meat production traits in a red junglefowlxWhite Leghorn cross

Anim Genet. 2006 Dec;37(6):529-34. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2006.01515.x.

Abstract

Egg and production traits are of considerable economic importance in chickens. Using a White Leghorn x red junglefowl F(2) intercross, standard production measures of liver weight and colour, egg size, eggshell thickness, egg taste and meat quality were taken. A total of 160 markers covering 29 autosomes and the Z chromosome were genotyped on 175-243 individuals, depending on the trait under consideration. A total of nine significant quantitative trait loci (QTL) and three suggestive QTL were found on chicken chromosomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, E47W24 and E22C19W28.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens / genetics*
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Crosses, Genetic
  • Eggs*
  • Female
  • Male
  • Organ Size
  • Phenotype
  • Quantitative Trait Loci*