Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Loci and Candidate Genes for Body Composition and Meat Quality Traits in Beijing-You Chickens

Ranran Liu; Yanfa Sun; Guiping Zhao; Fangjie Wang; Dan Wu; Maiqing Zheng; Jilan Chen; Lei Zhang; Yaodong Hu; Jie Wen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0061172

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Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Loci and Candidate Genes for Body Composition and Meat Quality Traits in Beijing-You Chickens

Ranran Liu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ranran Liu, Yanfa Sun

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing, P. R. China
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Yanfa Sun ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ranran Liu, Yanfa Sun

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Guiping Zhao,

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing, P. R. China
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Fangjie Wang,

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China
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Dan Wu,

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing, P. R. China
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Maiqing Zheng,

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing, P. R. China
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Jilan Chen,

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing, P. R. China
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Lei Zhang,

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing, P. R. China
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Yaodong Hu,

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing, P. R. China
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Jie Wen

* E-mail: jiewen@iascaas.net.cn

Affiliations Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China, State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Beijing, P. R. China
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Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Loci and Candidate Genes for Body Composition and Meat Quality Traits in Beijing-You Chickens

Ranran Liu,
Yanfa Sun,
Guiping Zhao,
Fangjie Wang,
Dan Wu,
Maiqing Zheng,
Jilan Chen,
Lei Zhang,
Yaodong Hu,
Jie Wen

Published: April 18, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061172

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