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SUBMITTER: Xu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4979145 | biostudies-other | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Xu Zhenqiang Z Ji Congliang C Zhang Yan Y Zhang Zhe Z Nie Qinghua Q Xu Jiguo J Zhang Dexiang D Zhang Xiquan X
BMC genomics 20160809
<h4>Background</h4>Residual feed intake (RFI) is a powerful indicator for energy utilization efficiency and responds to selection. Low RFI selection enables a reduction in feed intake without affecting growth performance. However, the effective variants or major genes dedicated to phenotypic differences in RFI in quality chickens are unclear. Therefore, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and RNA sequencing were performed on RFI to identify genetic variants and potential candidate genes assoc ...[more]