Study on LOC426217 as a candidate gene for beak deformity in chicken

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• 作者：Hao Bai ; Yanyan Sun ; Jing Zhu ; Nian Liu ; Dongli Li ; Fuguang Xue ; Yunlei Li…
• 关键词：Beijing ; you chickens ; Beak deformity ; LOC426217 ; SNPs ; Haplotype
• 刊名：BMC Genetics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1,202 KB
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences, general; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Genetics and Population Dynamics;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2156

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Background The beak deformity (crossed beaks) was found in some indigenous chickens of China, such as Beijing-You (BJY), Qingyuan Partridge, and Huxu Chickens. Birds with deformed beaks have reduced feed intake and drinking, impeded growth rate, and poor production performance. Beak deformity reduces the economy of poultry industry and affects animal welfare as well. The genetic basis of this malformation remains incompletely understood. LOC426217, also named claw keratin-like, was the most up-regulated gene in the deformed beaks from a previous digital gene expression (DGE) analysis and was selected as an important candidate gene for further analysis.