Identification and Validation of Geese Marketing Weight-Related SNP Markers Using SLAF Sequencing

specific locus amplified fragment sequencing (SLAF-seq) with Bulked segregant analysis (BSA) was conducted for discovering and genotyping SNPs associated with marketing weight trait in Yangzhou geese. . Twenty individuals from each of the lowest and the highest male goslings groups of the Yangzhou geese were used in the SLAF study based on individual estimated breeding values (EBV) for marketing weight trait.