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2015
Q. Li, Zhao, X. L., Gilbert, E. R., Liu, Y. P., Wang, Y., Qiu, M. H., and Zhu, Q., Confined housing system increased abdominal and subcutaneous fat deposition and gene expressions of carbohydrate response element-binding protein and sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 in chicken, vol. 14, pp. 1220-1228, 2015.
Y. D. Peng, Xu, H. Y., Ye, F., Lan, X., Peng, X., Rustempašić, A., Yin, H. D., Zhao, X. L., Liu, Y. P., Zhu, Q., and Wang, Y., Effects of sex and age on chicken TBC1D1 gene mRNA expression, vol. 14, pp. 7704-7714, 2015.
D. Y. Li, Wu, N., Tu, J. B., Hu, Y. D., Yang, M. Y., Yin, H. D., Chen, B. L., Xu, H. L., Yao, Y. F., and Zhu, Q., Expression patterns of melatonin receptors in chicken ovarian follicles affected by monochromatic light, vol. 14, pp. 10072-10080, 2015.
Y. D. Hu, Huang, Q. K., Zhu, Q., Lan, D., Feng, Z. Q., Zhang, L., Lan, X., Ye, L., Liu, Y. P., He, M., and Pu, H. B., Identification and association of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) gene with egg production traits in Erlang mountainous chickens, vol. 14, pp. 294-303, 2015.
H. L. Yang, Feng, Z. Q., Zeng, S. Q., Li, S. M., Zhu, Q., and Liu, Y. P., Molecular cloning and expression analysis of TRAF3 in chicken, vol. 14, pp. 4408-4419, 2015.
D. Lan, Hu, Y. D., Zhu, Q., Li, D. Y., and Liu, Y. P., Verification of specific selection SNPs between broiler and layer chicken in Chinese indigenous chicken breeds, vol. 14, pp. 8388-8396, 2015.
2012
L. Zhang, Li, D. Y., Liu, Y. P., Wang, Y., Zhao, X. L., and Zhu, Q., Genetic effect of the prolactin receptor gene on egg production traits in chickens, vol. 11, pp. 4307-4315, 2012.
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X. - Q. Dong, Du, Q., Yu, W. - H., Zhang, Z. - Y., Zhu, Q., Che, Z. - H., Wang, H., Chen, J., Yang, S. - B., and Wen, J. - F., Plasma resistin, associated with single nucleotide polymorphism -420, is correlated with C-reactive protein in Chinese Han patients with spontaneous basal ganglia hemorrhage, vol. 11, pp. 1841-1850, 2012.
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