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Lmbr1 is the key candidate gene controlling vertebrate limb development, but its effects on animal growth and carcass traits have never been reported. In this experiment, lmbr1 was taken as the candidate gene affecting chicken growth and carcass traits. T/C and G/A mutations located in exon 16 and one A/C mutation located in intron 5 of chicken lmbr1 were detected from Silky, White Plymouth Rock broilers and their F2 crossing chickens by PCR-SSCP and sequencing methods. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) results suggests that T/C polymorphism of exon 16 had significant association with eviscerated yield rate (EYR), gizzard rate (GR), shank and claw rate (SCR) and shank girth (SG); A/C polymorphism of intron 5 was significantly associated with SCR, liver rate and head-neck weight (HNW), while both sites had no significant association with other growth and carcass traits. These results demonstrate that lmbr1 gene could be a genetic locus or linked to a major gene significantly affecting these growth and carcass traits in chicken.
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Supported by the State Major Basic Research Development Program (Grant No. G20000161) and Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 5011002)
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Huang, Y., Du, X., Deng, X. et al. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in chicken lmbr1 gene were associated with chicken growth and carcass traits. SCI CHINA SER C 50, 62–69 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-007-2033-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-007-2033-6