Derks, Martijn F.L. (author), Megens, Hendrik-Jan (author), Bosse, Mirte (author), Visscher, Jeroen (author), Peeters, Katrijn (author), Bink, Marco C.A.M. (author), Vereijken, Addie (author), Groß, C. (author), de Ridder, D. (author), Reinders, M.J.T. (author), Groenen, Martien A.M. (author) Background: Deleterious genetic variation can increase in frequency as a result of mutations, genetic drift, and genetic hitchhiking. Although individual effects are often small, the cumulative effect of deleterious genetic variation can impact population fitness substantially. In this study, we examined the genome of commercial purebred chicken...
journal article 2018
