The T-cell leukemia homeobox protein (TLX) gene is essential in vertebrate brain
development and cognition. Polymorphisms in TLX can influence productive traits in quail …

Background Behavioral traits such as sociability, emotional reactivity and aggressiveness
are major factors in animal adaptation to breeding conditions. In order to investigate the …

Background Growth traits can be used as indicators of adaptation to sub-optimal conditions.
The current study aimed at identifying quantitative trait loci (QTL) that control performance …

Abstract Background The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is both an animal model in
biology and a commercial bird for egg and meat production. Modern research developments …

Identification and mapping genes that determine economically important traits in farm
animals, including poultry, is a key task of genomic selection aimed at improving the …

The quantitative genetics is aimed at anatomization of complex traits. There have been
several advancements in this field, eg, increased availability of molecular markers combined …

Identification and mapping genes that determine economically important traits in farm
animals, including poultry, is a key task of genomic selection aimed at improving the …

Background Poultry breeding programs have been focused on improvement of growth and
carcass traits, however, this has resulted in correlated changes in internal organ weights …

This study aimed to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for growth-related traits by
constructing a genetic linkage map based on single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) …

The detection of quantitative trait loci (QTL) of behavioural traits has mainly been focussed
on mouse and rat. With the rapid development of molecular genetics and the statistical tools …