Genome-wide detection of CNVs and their association with performance traits in broilers.

Anna Carolina FernandesVinicius Henrique da SilvaCarolina Purcell GoesGabriel Costa Monteiro MoreiraThaís Fernanda GodoyAdriana Mércia Guaratini IbelliJane de Oliveira PeixotoMaurício Egídio CantãoMônica Corrêa LedurFernanda Marcondes de RezendeAline Silva Mello Cesar

Published in: BMC genomics (2021)

Overall, this CNV-based GWAS study unravels potential candidate genes that may regulate performance traits in chickens. Our findings provide a foundation for future functional studies on the role of specific genes in regulating performance in chickens.

Keyphrases

genome wide
heat stress
dna methylation
copy number
current status
disease virus
case control
climate change
loop mediated isothermal amplification
transcription factor
human health
real time pcr
genome wide identification