Additional file 1: Table S1: Sample information for each chicken (72 individuals) used in this study. Table S2. Chromosome-length and number of detected variants before and after filtering. Table S3.
Intestinal density and length and mass of individual intestine segments as a percentage of the entire intestine of both chicken lines over the study period.
Body weight (BW) is one of the most important economic traits for animal production and breeding, and it has been studied extensively for its phenotype–genotype associations. While mapping studies hav
Estimated mean proportion (and corresponding standard error) of SDC4 positive and CD44 negative satellite cells in satellite cell populations of Randombred Control Line 2 (RBC2) and modern commercial