Assessment of variations in productive performance of two different plumage color varieties of Japanese quail and their reciprocal crosses

Autor: Ibrahim Elkhaiat, Seham El-Kassas, Yahya Eid, Magda Ghobish, Esteftah EL-Komy, Mahmoud Alagawany, Mohamed Ragab
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Tropical Animal Health and Production. 55
ISSN: 1573-7438
0049-4747
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-023-03604-5
Popis: This study aimed to detect the phenotypic differences between the brown (BB) and white (WW) feathered quails and their reciprocal crosses (BW and WB) over two successive generations. The WW and cross quails, especially the BW, had the heaviest body weights, throughout the studied period, with significant variations between the two studied generations (PPPNA and Ne) and the lower values of FIS with low heterozygosity levels (HO and He). Moreover, the BW and BB were the closest, while WB and WW were the farthest because of the high and low genetic identities and the high and low genetic distance between them, respectively. So the obtained results might introduce an initial scientific basis for evaluating and employing the genetic properties of BB, WW, BW, and WB quails in further genetic improvement program, and more microsatellite markers are recommended.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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