This work was supported by the Funds for Creative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research of China (No. G20000161).
supported by the Funds for Creative Research Groups of National Natural Science Foundation of China,the Special Funds for Major State Basic Research of China(Grant No.G20000161).
Mutations of the melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) gene are associated with the appetite, obesity; growth in pig, mice; human. But little is known about the function of chicken MC4R gene. In this study, F2 chicken resour...