Morphological, anatomical and histological studies on knob and beak characters of six goose breeds from China

Y Zhang, X Xu, W Ji, S Qi, Q Bao, Y Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The knob serves as both a sexual indicator of a goose's maturity and a significant packaging
attribute that garners consumer attention. However, studies regarding the morphological …

[HTML][HTML] A∼ 4.1 kb deletion in IRX1 gene upstream is completely associated with rumplessness in Piao chicken

J Zhang, C Nie, X Zhang, X Zhao, Y Jia, J Han, Y Chen… - Genomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Piao chicken, a Chinese indigenous rumpless chicken breed, lacks pygostyle, caudal
vertebra, uropygial gland and tail feathers. The rumplessness in Piao chicken presents an …

Chicken HOXC8 and HOXC10 genes may play a role in the altered skull morphology associated with the Crest phenotype

DY Tsai, JJ Chen, PC Su, IM Liu… - … Zoology Part B …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most intriguing traits found in domestic chickens is the Crest phenotype. This trait,
characterized by a tuft of elongated feathers sprouted from the head, is found in breeds such …

Molecular Characterization, Expression Profile, and A 21-bp Indel within the ASB9 Gene and Its Associations with Chicken Production Traits

P Qin, Y Liu, X Niu, Y Liu, Y Zhang, Y Niu, Y Wang… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
A growing number of studies have shown that members of the ankyrin repeat and
suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) box-containing protein (ASB) family are …