Identification and association of the single nucleotide polymorphisms in calpain3 (CAPN3) gene with carcass traits in chickens

Background: The aim of this study is to screen single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of chicken Calpain3 (CAPN3) gene and to analyze the potential association between CAPN3 gene polymorphisms and carcass traits in chickens. We screened CAPN3 single nucleo

The authors thank Xiao-Chen Li and Lian Xiao for technical support. This work was financially supported by Chinese national key technologies R & D programme (Grant No: 2008BADB2B01), the National 863 Project of China (No. 2008AA101001) and the provincial