Campus Units
Animal Science
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
12-1-2006
Journal or Book Title
Poultry Science
Volume
85
Issue
12
First Page
2079
Last Page
2096
DOI
10.1093/ps/85.12.2079
Abstract
Methods for mapping QTL are actively used in the chicken to identify chromosomal regions contributing to variation in traits related to growth, disease resistance, egg production, behavior, and metabolic parameters. However, higher-resolution mapping and better knowledge of the genetic architecture underlying QTL are needed for successful application of this information into breeding programs. Therefore, this paper summarizes and integrates original, primary QTL studies in the chicken to identify basic information on the genetic architecture of quantitative traits in chickens. The results of this review show several instances of consensus of QTL locations for similar traits from independent studies. Furthermore, the consensus of QTL location for different traits and evidence for QTL with parent-of-origin effect, transgressive alleles, epistatic QTL, and QTL × sex interaction in chicken are presented and discussed. This information can be helpful in identifying genes or mutations underlying the QTL and in the application of genomic information in marker-assisted breeding programs.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Copyright Owner
Poultry Science Association Inc.
Copyright Date
2006
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Abasht, B.; Dekkers, Jack C. M.; and Lamont, Susan J., "Review of Quantitative Trait Loci Identified in the Chicken" (2006). Animal Science Publications. 606.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ans_pubs/606
Comments
This article is published as Abasht, B., J. C. M. Dekkers, and S. J. Lamont. "Review of quantitative trait loci identified in the chicken." Poultry Science 85, no. 12 (2006): 2079-2096. DOI: 10.1093/ps/85.12.2079. Posted with permission.