The present study aims to validate the Gompertz model to predict the growth performance of
chicken crosses according to growth curve parameters of the parental lines and the …

Sexual maturation is fundamental to the reproduction and production performance, heterosis
of which has been widely used in animal crossbreeding. However, the underlying …

Heterosis has been widely utilized in chicken breeding to improve economically important
traits. However, few studies focused on revealing the factors contributing to egg production …

Eggshell translucency is a ubiquitous external eggshell quality problem caused by
variations of eggshell ultrastructure or shell membrane. In previous studies, researchers …

The effect of crossbreeding aims to characterize heterosis, additive, and maternal values for
growth, egg production and selected egg quality traits in Improved Horro (H), Cosmopolitan …

Heterosis is the major benefit of crossbreeding and has been exploited in laying hens
breeding for a long time. This genetic phenomenon has been linked to various modes of …

In this study, we performed a cross-combination test using offspring from two paternal and
five maternal parent stock lines to produce a new synthetic breed of Korean native …

Sexual maturation heterosis has been widely exploited in animal crossbreeding. However,
the underlying mechanism has been rarely explored in chicken. In the present study, we …

Background Recently, efforts like crossbreeding, strain crossing, and inbred hybridization
have been performed to improve productive performance in native chickens. This …

Unlike other chicken breeds, Xichuan Black Bone (XBB) chickens are an established breed
in China with excellent production performance and unique characteristics, including black …