title: QTL for percentage of carcass and carcass parts in a broiler x layer cross.
abstract: An F2 experimental population, developed from a broiler layer cross, was used in a genome scan of QTL for percentage of carcass, carcass parts, shank and head. Up to 649 F2 chickens from four paternal half-sib families were genotyped with 128 genetic markers covering 22 linkage groups. Total map length was 2630 cM, covering approximately 63% of the genome. QTL interval mapping using regression methods was applied to line-cross and half-sib models. Under the line-cross model, 12 genome-wide significant QTL and 17 suggestive linkages for percentages of carcass parts, shank and head were mapped to 13 linkage groups (GGA1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18 and 27). Under the paternal half-sib model, six genome-wide significant QTL and 18 suggestive linkages for percentages of carcass parts, shank and head were detected on nine chicken linkage groups (GGA1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 14, 15 and 27), seven of which seemed to corroborate positions revealed by the previous model. Overall, three novel QTL of importance to the broiler industry were mapped (one significant for shank% on GGA3 and two suggestive for carcass and breast percentages on GGA14 and drums and thighs percentage on GGA15). One novel QTL for wings% was mapped to GGA3, six novel QTL (GGA1, 3, 7, 8, 9 and 27) and suggestive linkages (GGA2, 4, and 5) were mapped for head%, and suggestive linkages were identified for back% on GGA2, 11 and 12. In addition, many of the QTL mapped in this study confirmed QTL previously reported in other populations.
authors.affiliation: Animal Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Animal Science, ESALQ-USP. Av. Pádua Dias 11, Piracicaba-SP, 13418-900, Brazil.Department of Animal Production, FMVZ, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brazil.Embrapa Suínos e Aves. BR 153, Km 110, Concórdia, SC, 89700-000, Brazil.Universidade Federal da Bahia, Av. Ademar de Barros, 500, Ondina Salvador, BA, 40170-110, Brazil.Roslin Institute, Edinburgh University, Midlothian EH25 9PS, UK.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: A S A M T
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Moura
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ledur
authors.forename: L F B
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boschiero
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Ruy
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nones
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Zanella
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rosário
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Burt
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Coutinho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001823:Body Composition; D001835:Body Weight; D002645:Chickens / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000662:veterinary; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics*; D005838:Genotype; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics*; D012044:Regression Analysis