Evolutionary subdivision of domestic chickens: Implications for local breeds as assessed by phenotype and genotype in comparison to commercial and fancy breeds

TA Larkina, OY Barkova, GK Peglivanyan… - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
To adjust breeding programs for local, commercial, and fancy breeds, and to implement
molecular (marker-assisted) breeding, a proper comprehension of phenotypic and genotypic …

Whole genome re-sequencing reveals recent signatures of selection in three strains of farmed Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

MI Cádiz, ME Lopez, D Diaz-Dominguez, G Caceres… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Nile tilapia belongs to the second most cultivated group of fish in the world, mainly because
of its favorable characteristics for production. Genetic improvement programs and …

Genome-wide association study identifies 12 loci associated with body weight at age 8 weeks in Korean native chickens

J Cha, H Choo, K Srikanth, SH Lee, JW Son, MR Park… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Meat from Korean native chickens (KNCs) has high consumer demand; however, slow
growth performance and high variation in body weight (BW) of KNCs remain an issue …

Selective footprints and genes relevant to cold adaptation and other phenotypic traits are unscrambled in the genomes of divergently selected chicken breeds

MN Romanov, AS Abdelmanova, VI Fisinin… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Springer
Background The genomes of worldwide poultry breeds divergently selected for performance
and other phenotypic traits may also be affected by, and formed due to, past and current …

Genome-wide association and genotype by environment interactions for growth traits in US Gelbvieh cattle

JL Smith, ML Wilson, SM Nilson, TN Rowan… - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays have facilitated discovery of
genetic markers associated with complex traits in domestic cattle; thereby enabling modern …

[HTML][HTML] High-density genoty** reveals candidate genomic regions for chicken body size in breeds of Asian origin

S Lyu, D Arends, MK Nassar, A Weigend, S Weigend… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Body size is one of the main selection indices in chicken breeding. Although often
investigated, knowledge of the underlying genetic mechanisms is incomplete. The aim of the …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of genome-wide association study and selection signatures reveals genetic determinants for skeletal muscle production traits in an F2 chicken …

Y Li, BAI Xue, LIU **-by-sequencing
R Yang, Z Xu, Q Wang, D Zhu, C Bian, J Ren… - Genetics Selection …, 2021 - Springer
Background Growth traits are of great importance for poultry breeding and production and
have been the topic of extensive investigation, with many quantitative trait loci (QTL) …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic signatures of 60 years of bidirectional selection for 8-week body weight in chickens

M Lillie, ZY Sheng, CF Honaker, L Andersson… - Poultry Science, 2018 - Elsevier
Sixty years, constituting 60 generations, have passed since the founding of the Virginia body
weight lines, an experimental population of White Plymouth Rock chickens. Using a …

Complex genetic architecture of the chicken Growth1 QTL region

JH Ou, T Rönneburg, Ö Carlborg, CF Honaker… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The genetic complexity of polygenic traits represents a captivating and intricate facet of
biological inheritance. Unlike Mendelian traits controlled by a single gene, polygenic traits …