AnimalEggshell color is an important visual characteristic that affects consumer preferences for eggs. Eggshell color, which has moderate to high heritability, can be effectively enhanced through molecular marker selection.
X.G. Wang +7 more
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EFFECT OF EGGSHELL COLOR ON THE EGG CHARACTERISTICS AND HATCHABILITY OF GUINEA FOWL (NUMIDA MELEAGRIS) EGGS [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, 2016 The objective of this study was to determine the effects of eggshell color of guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) eggs on eggshell quality and hatchery results.
H Eleroğlu +3 more
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Effect of age on eggshell color and Haugh unit of eggs, protoporphyrin IX and ovomucin deposition and related gene expression in Hyline Brown laying hens [PDF]
Animal BioscienceObjective This study was conducted to investigate the effects of age on eggshell color, Haugh unit, and underlying mechanism in Hyline Brown laying hens.
Huan Xu +4 more
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Refine localizations of functional variants affecting eggshell color of Lueyang black-boned chicken in the SLCO1B3 [PDF]
Poultry Science: Table eggs with color-uniformity shell are visually attractive for consumers. Lueyang black-boned chicken (LBC) lays colorful eggs, which is undesirable for sale of table eggs, but provides a segregating population for mapping functional variants ...
Zhepeng Wang +4 more
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Eggshell spottiness reflects maternally transferred antibodies in blue tits. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Blue-green and brown-spotted eggshells in birds have been proposed as sexual signals of female physiological condition and egg quality, reflecting maternal investment in the egg. Testing this hypothesis requires linking eggshell coloration to egg content,
Marie-Jeanne Holveck +6 more
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Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals mechanisms of eggshell color variation in Pekin ducks [PDF]
Poultry ScienceGreen-shelled eggs are widely recognized for their high quality, nutritional value, and superior shell strength, making them highly attractive to consumers.
Longxin Wang +5 more
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Association Between the Methylation Statuses at CpG Sites in the Promoter Region of the SLCO1B3, RNA Expression and Color Change in Blue Eggshells in Lushi Chickens [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2019 The formation mechanism underlying the blue eggshell characteristic has been discovered in birds, and SLCO1B3 is the key gene that regulates the blue eggshell color.
Zhuanjian Li +20 more
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Poultry Science, 2022 : The aim of this research was to investigate the effects of laying hen genotype and age on eggshell cuticle deposition. A total of 4,320 brown eggs were obtained from 3 modern hen strains (A, B, and C), currently used worldwide for commercial egg ...
F. Sirri, M. Zampiga, A. Berardinelli
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Genetics and breeding of a black-bone and blue eggshell chicken line. 3. Visual eggshell color and colorimeter parameters in 3 consecutive generations [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2023 Yuchun Pan, Zhang Xuedong
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Effect of translucency and eggshell color on broiler breeder egg hatchability and hatch chick weight [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2023 Marco A Rebollo +2 more
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