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ABSTRACT
If the poultry industry hopes to continue to flourish, the identification of potential quantitative trait loci (QTL) for production-related traits must be pursued. This remains true despite the sequencing of the chicken genome. In view of this need, a scan of the chicken genome using 72 microsatellite markers was carried out on a meat-type × egg-type resource population measured for production and egg quality traits. Using a Bayesian analysis, potential QTL for a number of traits were identified on several chromosomes. Evidence of eight QTL regions associated with a total of eight traits (specific gravity, albumin height, Haugh score, shell shape, total number of eggs, final body weight, gain, and feed efficiency) was found. Two of these regions, one spanning the area of 263/287 cM on GAA01 and the other spanning the area of 23/28 cM on GAA02, were associated with multiple QTL.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors would like to thank Laurie Molitor and Valencia Rilington for their technical assistance in extracting DNA and genotyping. This study was supported in part by funding from the USDA NRICGP (award number 98-03450 to HHC and SX).
Notes
1Based on the East Lansing genetic map (see http://poultry.mph.msu.edu).
2Only markers on chromosomes 1–8 could be successfully analyzed.
1Sample size is the number of individuals measured for the trait of interest (excluding individuals with missing values).
1Based on the East Lansing genetic map (see http://poultry.mph.msu.edu).