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The CB (Cobb-Vantress) is a commercial broiler breed with four digits on each foot.
The broiler breed has been commercially selected for muscle accretion, whereas the Fayoumi breed has not undergone commercial selection.
In this study, we generated an F2 intercross between the slow growing native broiler breed, Huiyang Beard chicken, and the fast growing commercial broiler breed, High Quality chicken Line A, and used it to map loci explaining the difference in growth rate between these breeds.
To evaluate the potential for genetic improvement of the productive efficiency of the native Huiyang Beard chicken (HB) breed while maintaining its valuable market properties, including high meat quality and unique appearance, we established an F2 intercross between the slow-growing HB and the fast-growing commercial broiler breed "High Quality chicken Line A" (HQLA).
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Therefore, we hypothesized that because of different genetic backgrounds, the Langshan breed (Chinese indigenous) and commercial broiler breeds would have different expression profiles of antimicrobial response.
This dominant version of the gene, or allele, had swept through all domesticated chickens, regardless of whether they were broilers bred for size or strains bred for laying many eggs.
Chicken tissues were collected from four week-old meat-type broilers (bred by a commercial company, Arbor Acres), in accordance with the policies of the Animal Care and Use Committee of China Agricultural University.
One hundred, 1-day-old broiler chicks (breed Ross 308) were obtained from S.C. Oprea Avicom S.R.L. (Venchi-Sigişoara, Romania) hatchery.
The population was derived from a cross between Beijing-You (BJY) chickens and Cobb broilers (CB, Cobb-Vantress, Inc .. BJY is a slow-growing Chinese indigenous breed, and CB is a commercial fast-growing broiler strain.
Broiler chickens (bred for meat production) and layer chickens (bred for egg production) are ideal model systems for studying the molecular mechanisms underlying myogenesis [ 26].
Industrial broiler chickens bred for meat will mature in 6 to 7 weeks, as opposed to 12 weeks for traditional stock.
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