title: Genome-wide Association Study of Chicken Plumage Pigmentation.
abstract: To increase plumage color uniformity and understand the genetic background of Korean chickens, we performed a genome-wide association study of different plumage color in Korean native chickens. We analyzed 60K SNP chips on 279 chickens with GEMMA methods for GWAS and estimated the genetic heritability for plumage color. The estimated heritability suggests that plumage coloration is a polygenic trait. We found new loci associated with feather pigmentation at the genome-wide level and from the results infer that there are additional genetic effect for plumage color. The results will be used for selecting and breeding chicken for plumage color uniformity.
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Mi Na
authors: MN
authors: Park
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Jin Ae
authors: JA
authors: Choi
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Kyung-Tai
authors: KT
authors: Lee
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Hyun-Jeong
authors: HJ
authors: Lee
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Bong-Hwan
authors: BH
authors: Choi
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Heebal
authors: H
authors: Kim
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Tae-Hun
authors: TH
authors: Kim
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Seoae
authors: S
authors: Cho
authors: Division of Animal Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Institute of Animal Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon, Korea.
authors: Taeheon
authors: T
authors: Lee
keywords: Chicken; Genome-wide Association Study; Plumage Pigmentation