the State Major Basic Research Development Program (Grant No. G20000161); Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 5011002)
Lmbr1 is the key candidate gene controlling vertebrate limb development, but its effects on animal growth and carcass traits have never been reported. In this experiment, lmbr1 was taken as the candi-date gene affecti...
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...