The development and characterization of a 60K SNP chip for chicken

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In livestock species like the chicken, high throughput single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping assays are increasingly being used for whole genome association studies and as a tool in breeding (referred to as genomic selectio...

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Main Authors: Vereijken Addie, Crooijmans Richard PMA, Hillier LaDeana W, Warren Wesley C, Zare Yalda, Megens Hendrik-Jan, Groenen Martien AM, Okimoto Ron, Muir William M, Cheng Hans H
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/274