|
Project properties |
|
| Title | Molecular and biochemical understanding of feather colours in chicken |
| Group | Animal Breeding and Genetics Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 21/24/27 |
| Supervisor(s) | Richard Crooijmans |
| Examiner(s) | Martien Groenen |
| Contact info | |
| Begin date | 2002/11/27 |
| End date | 2004/06/01 |
| Description | Feather colours in chicken appears to be regulated by a large number of different genes. Although specific phenotypes are caused by specific loci (genes) the interaction between these different genes also plays a role in the resulting phenotype in the adult bird. Specific demands for feather colours are changing as a result of changing demands of the consumers and because of the different demands of the different users world wide. Although several of the genes and the underlying biochemical causes of different feather colours have already been identified, many still remain to be identified. Furthermore, even less is known about the interaction between these genes and the results of these interactions on the underlying feather colours.
Within this project we aim to identify the genes that are responsible for some of these colour variants, and understand the biochemical nature of the different mutations leading to these colour variations in chicken. |
| Used skills | Molecular biology lab work,
Sequencing, SNPs, PCR |
| Requirements | |