The present study aimed to assess impact of selection based on microsatellite-genotypes at ADL0176 and the association MCW0044 located chromosome number-2 with growth layer economic traits in RIR chicken could reveal when sire component influenced progeny-birds different genotypes microsatellites. DD, EE CC/AD-genotypes microsatellite had corresponding higher BW28, BW40 EW40 progeny than other ...

In our first experiment, we studied the effect of injection method of blastoderm cells (BC) into the subgerminal cavity of White Leghorn embryos on hatchability of chicken chimeras. Freshly laid eggs were injected through a hole made in the equatorial plane of the eggshell (Method A). In Method B, eggs were stored pointed end down for 5 to 7 d prior to injection, and a hole was cut in the blunt...

OBJECTIVE The Bashang Long-tail chicken (BS), an indigenous Chinese breed, is considered cold tolerant. We selected BS, the Rhode Island Red (RIR), and their reciprocal crossbreds for the present study. The objectives were: i) to validate whether BS is cold tolerant and whether egg production and cold tolerance of crossbreds could be improved; and ii) to determine the physiological characterist...

Materials and Methods About 85% of chicken stock of India belongs to small sector which provides 50%of total egg production [1-3].Familychicken through the InternationalNetwork on Family Poultry Development (INFPD) was also committed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a Special Programme for Food Security (SPFS) in the developing countries including India where backyard chicken p...

Jianfeng Du, Ling Zhang, Zhengke Wang, Naohiro Yano, Yu Tina Zhao, Lei Wei, Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba, Paul Y. Liu, Shougang Zhuang, Gangjian Qin, and Ting C. Zhao Department of Surgery, Roger Williams Medical Center, Boston University Medical School, Boston University, Providence, Rhode Island; Department of Dermatology, Roger Williams Medical Center, Boston University Medical School, Bosto...

Zilong Xie, W. Todd Maddox, John E. McGeary, and Bharath Chandrasekaran Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas; Division of Behavioral Genetics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island; Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; and Psychologist, Provi...

a Department of Neuroscience, Brown Medical School and The Brain Science Program, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 (USA) b Division of Engineering, Brown Medical School and The Brain Science Program, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 (USA) c Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Brown Medical School and The Brain Science Program, Brown University, Providence, Rhode...