Table 3.
Quantitative Trait Regions (QTR) nearby to ALVE segregating in Hy-Line lines (from ChickenQTLdb; www.animalgenome.org/QTLdb/chicken/), and the phenotypes impacted.
| ALVE | Location | QTR in Animal db | Traits in Hy-line |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALVE1 | 1:65,993,542 | BW, EW, ST | C3, kDyn, Gmort% |
| ALVE3 | 20:10,309,347 | BW, CO, EN, EW, SM | EN, PD, E3, EW, C3, AH, PS, Mdmort% |
| ALVE15 | 3:70,384,294 | CO, SS | CO, C3, AH, PS, Lmort%, BW18 |
| ALVEB5 | 1:10,637,460 | none | E3, C3, BS |
| ALVE-NSAC1 | 2:120,868,843 | BW, CO | BW, RF, Mdmort% |
| ALVE-NSAC3 | 3:53,639,776 | BW, RF | EN, RF, SM, Mdmort% |
| ALVE-NSAC7 | 9:11,714,130 | EN | BW18, EW |
| ALVE-ros001 | 1:101,668,931 | none | none |
| ALVE-ros002 | 1:158,775,708 | BW | none |
| ALVE-ros003 | 1:163,248,553 | BW | SM |
| ALVE-ros004 | 2:124,432,997 | none | BW18PD, EW, YW, CO, AH, BS |
| ALVE-ros005 | 2:142,480,536 | SYFN | C3, SM |
| ALVE-ros006 | 3:57,337,987 | BW | E3, EW, AH |
| ALVE-ros007 | 4:59,843,015 | none | BS, YW |
| ALVE-ros008 | 4:62,680,158 | none | MDmort% |
| ALVE-ros009 | 4:71,095,932 | BW, SM, SYFN, YW | EW, YW |
| ALVE-ros010 | 9:11,871,576 | EN | AH, BW18, CO, PD |
Relevant phenotypes affected by these same ALVE in Hy-Line genetics are also shown.
Abreviations: BW, body weight; CO, shell color; EN, egg number; RF, residual feed intake; ST, shell thickness; SM, sexual maturity; SS, shell strength; SYFN, small yellow follicle number; YW, yolk weight.