Egg white polymorphisms and economic characters in the domestic fowl
Egg white polymorphisms and economic characters in the domestic fowl
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家禽蛋清多态性及经济性状
DOI:
10.1080/00071666708415657
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发表时间:
1967
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
V. Buvanendran
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作者:
V. Buvanendran
Synopsis The possible association between genes at 4 egg white loci, Ov, II, III, and Tf and 4 production characters were studied in 3 closed populations consisting of 2 flocks of White Leghorns, each of about 1000 hens, and a Light Sussex flock of 380 hens. The characters studied were: body weight at 5 different ages, egg weight at 3 different ages, age at sexual maturity and egg number at 2 ages. Only the last two characters were studied in the Light Sussex population. Three egg white loci had statistically significant effects on production traits. With body weight and egg weight, the Ov locus had an additive effect, the OvA allele being superior. The influence on body weight was significant only on adults, i.e., post‐sexual maturity weights. This was shown to be partly attributable to differences in age at maturity. Locus II was significantly overdominant with respect to egg number in 2 populations while the Tf locus heterozygotes were significantly inferior to the Tfb/Tfb homozygotes in the Light Suss...