Patents Assigned to Bd. of Trustees for Nor. Ill. Univ.
  • Method for breeding chickens
    Patent number: 5944652
    Abstract: Disease resistance in chickens has been associated with the Rfp-Y system of major histocompatability genes in chickens. A method for breeding chickens to produce disease resistant offspring involves selecting at least one parent that has an Rfp-Y haplotype that is characteristic of disease resistance and mating that parent with a second parent to produce a disease resistant offspring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignees: City of Hope, Bd. of Trustees for Nor. Ill. Univ.
    Inventors: Marcia M. Miller, Marielle Afanassieff, W. Elwood Briles