Wide genome involvement in response to long-term selection for antibody response in an experimental population of White Leghorn chickens
Mette Lillie, Zheya Sheng, Christa Honaker, Ben Dorshorst, Paul Siegel, Örjan Carlborg
This study examines the genomic changes in White Leghorn chickens after 39 generations of bidirectional selection for antibody response, identifying 200 candidate sweep regions and three strong candidate genes.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2016 · PreprintGenomics