Mapping main, epistatic and sex-specific QTL for body composition in a chicken population divergently selected for low or high growth rate
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2010
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BMC Genomics. (11):107
Abstract
Delineating the genetic basis of body composition is important to agriculture and medicine. In addition, the incorporation of gene-gene interactions in the statistical model provides further insight into the genetic factors that underlie body composition traits. We used Bayesian model selection to comprehensively map main, epistatic and sex-specific QTL in an F2 reciprocal intercross between two chicken lines divergently selected for high or low growth rate.