TY - JOUR AU - Le Bihan-Duval, Elisabeth AU - Debut, Martine AU - Berri, Cécile M. AU - Sellier, Nadine AU - Santé-Lhoutellier, Véronique AU - Jégo, Yves AU - Beaumont, Catherine PY - 2008 DA - 2008/08/18 TI - Chicken meat quality: genetic variability and relationship with growth and muscle characteristics JO - BMC Genetics SP - 53 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - The qualitative properties of the meat are of major importance for poultry breeding, since meat is now widely consumed as cuts or as processed products. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genetic parameters of several breast meat quality traits and their genetic relationships with muscle characteristics in a heavy commercial line of broilers. SN - 1471-2156 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-9-53 DO - 10.1186/1471-2156-9-53 ID - Le Bihan-Duval2008 ER -