Selection signature analysis implicates the PC1/PCSK1 region for chicken abdominal fat content.

We conducted a selection signature analysis using the chicken 60k SNP chip in two chicken lines that had been divergently selected for abdominal fat content (AFC) for 11 generations. The selection signature analysis used multiple signals of selection, including long-range allele frequency difference...

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Main Authors: Hui Zhang, Xiaoxiang Hu, Zhipeng Wang, Yuandan Zhang, Shouzhi Wang, Ning Wang, Li Ma, Li Leng, Shengwen Wang, Qigui Wang, Yuxiang Wang, Zhiquan Tang, Ning Li, Yang Da, Hui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3394724?pdf=render