Background By comparing the quail genome with that of chicken, chromosome rearrangements
that have occurred in these two galliform species over 35 million years of evolution can …

Many cases of introgressive hybridization have been reported among birds, particularly
following introduction to the natural environment of individuals belonging to non-native similar …

Muscle tenderness is an important complex trait for meat quality and thus for genetic improvement
through animal breeding. However, the physiological or genetic control of tenderness …

Background Owing to the low cost of the high throughput Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
technology, more and more species have been and will be sequenced. However, de novo …

Background Feed efficiency is a major driver of the sustainability of pig production systems.
Understanding the biological mechanisms that underlie these agronomic traits is an …

As a first step towards the development of radiation hybrid maps, we have produced a radiation
hybrid panel in the chicken by fusing female embryonic diploid fibroblasts irradiated at 6 …

Background The chicken karyotype is composed of 39 chromosome pairs, of which 9 still
remain totally absent from the current genome sequence assembly, despite international efforts …

Background Avian coccidiosis is a major parasitic disease of poultry, causing severe
economical loss to poultry production by affecting growth and feed efficiency of infected birds. …

Background Meat technological traits (ie meat pH, water retention and color) are important
considerations for improving further processing of chicken meat. These quality traits were …

Atlantic salmon Salmo salar microsatellite markers from a large database were analysed
and selected with technical, economic and genetic criteria to provide an optimized set of …