Breeding Lines of White Plymouth Rock Chickens (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Breeding Lines of White Plymouth Rock Chickens

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Both of these chickens are eight weeks old but from a high-growth line and a low-growth line developed at Virginia Tech. The research team identified a gene found in all of Virginia Tech's high-growth chickens but few of the low-growth ones that appears to regulate appetite.

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