The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is a considerable species which is often used for
animal modelling in breeding researches. This study aims to detect quantitative trait loci …

We have identified quantitative trait loci (QTL) explaining a large proportion of the variation
in body weights at different ages and growth between chronological ages in an F2 intercross …

Reciprocal effects for sexual maturity, egg production, egg quality traits and viability are well
known in poultry crosses. They have been used in an optimal way to form profitable …

The silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) offers a novel model for studying the genetics of social
behavior and animal domestication. Selection of foxes, separately, for tame and for …

Background Meat technological traits (ie meat pH, water retention and color) are important
considerations for improving further processing of chicken meat. These quality traits were …

Genetic polymorphisms and expression pattern of TLR4 gene were studied in 300 one-day-
old chicks of three breeds (Cobb, Avian and Ross) using PCR-RFLP and real time PCR …

Background As for other non-model species, genetic analyses in quail will benefit greatly
from a higher marker density, now attainable thanks to the evolution of sequencing and …

Results Animals and phenotypes. The descriptive statistics for the eight performance traits
analyzed can be observed in Table 1. Detailed description of these animals and traits were …

Understanding the genetic architecture is important because it allows us to understand the
relationship between molecular markers, like miRNAs, QTLs and SNPs, and traits of interest …

Many critical economic traits are quantitative which are multifactorial and are influenced by
genes, environment or interaction between genes and environment. Basing on the …