Essays about: "QTL"

Showing result 21 - 23 of 23 essays containing the word QTL.

  1. 21. Gene expression in brains from red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) that differ in fear response

    University essay from Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Markus Jöngren; [2008]
    Keywords : Domestication; Fearfulness; Microarray;

    Abstract : The fear response of two different captive populations of red jungle fowl (rjf, Gallus gallus) was measured in three different tests, a ground predator test, an aerial predator test and a tonic immobility test. The two populations originated from Copenhagen zoo (Cop) and Götala research station (Got) but had been kept together for four generations. READ MORE

  3. 22. Genetic analysis of metabolic traits in an intercross between 8-week body-weight selected chicken lines

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Weronica Ek; [2007]
    Keywords : chickens; selection; body weight; fat; breast muscle; genetics; QTL; epistasis; interaction; network;

    Abstract : Metabolic traits are of paramount importance in agricultural production, as this group includes most traits of economic interest in livestock improvement. Examples include growth rate, feed efficiency and fat deposition. READ MORE

  4. 23. Improvements and extensions of a web-tool for finding candidate genes associated with rheumatoid arthritis

    University essay from Institutionen för kommunikation och information

    Author : Srinivasa Rao Dodda; [2005]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : QuantitativeTraitLocus (QTL) is a statistical method used to restrict genomic regions contributing to specific phenotypes. To further localize genes in such regions a web tool called “Candidate Gene Capture” (CGC) was developed by Andersson et al. (2005). READ MORE