Genetic parameters and signatures of selection in two divergent laying hen lines selected for feather pecking behaviour
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Divergent selection on feather pecking behaviour in laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus).
A selection experiment was initiated in 1996 in which selection for (HP line) and against (LP line) feather pecking was performed. The foundation stock was a White Leghorn layer strain established in 1970 and maintained since then as a random bred control line at the Institute. Six hatches were produced over three generations. At the age of 68 weeks (generation 0, 1996), 35 weeks (generation 1,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genetics Selection Evolution
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1297-9686
DOI: 10.1186/s12711-015-0154-0