Heritability of Body Weight, Growth Rate Indices and Their Association with Insulin-Like Growth Factor-2 Gene Polymorphism in Purebred Nigerian Indigenous Chickens and their Crosses with Marshal Chickens

Autor: Rebecca O. OYELEYE, Adeyemi Sunday ADENAIKE, Olajide K. BELLO, Christiana Temitope AKINRINOLA, Tolutope Rhoda ADEWUYI, Christian Obiora N. IKEOBI

Publikováno v: Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Animal Science and Biotechnologies, Vol 80, Iss 2, Pp 36-43 (2023)

This research was conducted to estimate heritability of body weight and growth rate indices and also to determine their association with insulin-like growth factor-2 genes (IGF-2) polymorphism in purebred Nigerian indigenous chickens and their crosse

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/7f1fe8d667b14b3691a323c2853bf0be

Genetic morphometry in Nigerian and South African Kalahari Red goat breeds

Autor: Muyideen Timothy Sanni, Moses Okpeku, Gbolabo Olaitan Onasanya, Matthew Adekunle Adeleke, Mathew Wheto, Adeyemi Sunday Adenaike, Bamidele Omonuwa Oluwatosin, Oluwafunmilayo Ayoka Adebambo, Christian Obiora Ndubuisi Ikeobi

Publikováno v: Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica. 51:51-61

Genetic improvement of goat breeds in growth and other traits (e.g. milk production) is limited by the demographics of the goat herds, extensive production system and the seemingly long-term nature of improvement through traditional genetics and bree

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ats-2018-0006