Sexing chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) with high-resolution melting analysis using feather crude DNA

Identification of sex in broiler chickens allows researchers to reduce the level of variation in an experiment caused by the sex effect. Broiler breeds commonly used in research are no longer feather sexable because of the change in their genetics. Other alternate sexing methods are costly and diffi...

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Main Authors: A.D. England, S.K. Kheravii, S. Musigwa, A. Kumar, A. Daneshmand, N.K. Sharma, K. Gharib-Naseri, S.B. Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579120309755