The knowledge of the molecular organization of living organisms evolved considerably
during the last years. The methodologies associated also progressed with the development of …

… Because of the fairly high heritabilities of breast and fat yield characteristics (Le Bihan-Duval
et al., … A recent study on experimental broiler lines (Le BihanDuval et al., 1999) reported that …

… The difference in sensitivity had been previously suggested by the genetic study of Le
Bihan-Duval et al. (2003) on turkey meat quality, in which environmental factors appeared most …

… by Le Bihan-Duval et al. (1998). Maternal effects were not taken into account for the estimation
of the genetic parameters of the meat quality traits, as it had been shown in a preliminary …

… These results showed more marked genetic correlations between pHu and L* and b* values
than those estimated by Le Bihan-Duval et al. (1999) (−0.65 and −0.11, respectively). A very …

… and sex, u the vector of genetic animal effects, and e the vector of residuals. X 1 , X 2 , and Z
… This study was supported by grants from the French ACTA and Office de l'Elevage programs…

The structural and metabolic characteristics of the pectoralis major (P. major) muscle (ie,
breast muscle) and the quality of the resulting meat were studied in relation to breast muscle …

… Debut M, Berri C, Baeza E, Sellier N, Arnould C, Guemene D, Jehl N, Boutten B, Jego Y,
Beaumont C and Le Bihan-Duval E 2003. Variation of chicken technological meat quality in …

… and 72 h post-mortem was measured as described in Le Bihan-Duval et al. (Citation1999). …
Berri , C , Wacrenier , N , Millet , N and Le Bihan-Duval , E . 2001 . Effect of selection for …

… (Le Bihan-Duval et al., 1999, Berri et al., 2001, 2007). Therefore, increasing growth and
breast yield in chickens may have significantly modified the functional properties of the meat for …