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Genet. Sel. Evol. 37 (2005) 215–228 215 c INRA, EDP Sciences, 2005 DOI: 10.1051/gse:2004045 Original article Confirmation of quantitative trait loci affecting fatness in chickens a ,b ∗ c Danyel G.J. J , Addie L.J. V , a a Henk B , Richard M.P.A. C , Jan J. van der P a a  , Martien A.M. G a Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Marijkeweg 40, 6709 PG Wageningen, The Netherlands b Institute of Animal Breeding Science, University Bonn, Endenicher Allee 15, 53113 Bonn, Germany c Nutreco, Breeding Research Centre, P.O. Box 220, 5830 AE Boxmeer, The Netherlands (Received 8 September 2003; accepted 16 August 2004) Abstract – In this report we describe the analysis of an advanced intercross line (AIL) to con- firm the quantitative trait locus (QTL) regions found for fatness traits in a previous study. QTL analysis was performed on chromosomes 1, 3, 4, 15, 18, and 27. The AIL was created by ran- dom intercrossing in each generation from generation 2 (G ) onwards until generation 9 (G ) 2 9 was reached. QTL for abdominal fat weight (AFW) and/or percentage abdominal fat (AF%) on chromosomes 1, 3 and 27 were confirmed in the G9 population. In addition, evidence for QTL for body weight at the age of 5 (BW5) and 7 (BW7) weeks and for