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The chicken genome will make it easier to locate genes, especially those for complex traits like disease resistance.
ContributedPoultry is the world’s most consumed meat. The popular food choice is also squarely in the crosshairs of Marek’s disease, a foe with a mortality rate that is typically 10 percent to 50 percent in unvaccinated chickens, but can reach as high 90 percent in some breeds.
Scott Elliott works for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service’s office of communications.
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