G C A T T A C G G C A T genes Article Novel Polymorphisms in RAPGEF6 Gene Associated with Egg-Laying Rate in Chinese Jing Hong Chicken using Genome-Wide SNP Scan Syed Ali Azmal 1,2, Ali Akbar Bhuiyan 1,3, Abdullah Ibne Omar 1, Shuai Ma 1, Chenghao Sun 4, Zhongdong Han 4, Meikuen Zhang 5, Shuhong Zhao 1 and Shijun Li 1,* 1 Key Laboratory of Agricultural Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction, Ministry of Education, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +86-27-87281306; Fax: +86-27-87280408 Received: 4 April 2019; Accepted: 14 May 2019; Published: 20 May 2019 Abstract: The improvement of egg production is of vital importance in the chicken industry to maintain optimum output throughout the laying period. Because of the elongation of the egg-laying cycle, a drop in egg-laying rates in the late laying period has provoked great concern in the poultry industry.