The study of candidate genes in the improvement of egg production in ducks - a review.

Poult Sci

Department of Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding and Key Lab of Chicken Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Agriculture, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China; Wens Foodstuff Group Co. Ltd., Yunfu 527400 Guangdong, China. Electronic address:

Published: July 2022

Duck is the second-largest poultry species aside from chicken. The rate of egg production is a major determinant of the economic income of poultry farmers. Among the reproductive organs, the ovary is a major part of the female reproductive system which is highly important for egg production. Based on the importance of this organ, several studies have been carried out to identify candidate genes at the transcriptome level, and also the expression level of these genes at different tissues or egg-laying conditions, and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) of genes associated with egg production in duck. In this review, expression profile and association study analyses at SNPs level of different candidate genes with egg production traits of duck were highlighted. Furthermore, different studies on transcriptome analysis, Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) mapping, and Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) approach used to identify potential candidate genes for egg production in ducks were reported. This review would widen our knowledge on molecular markers that are associated or have a positive correlation to improving egg production in ducks, for the increasing world populace.

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