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Genetic diversity at the major histocompatibility complex (B) and microsatellite loci in three commercial broiler pure lines.
Poultry science - 1 Nov 2002
Emara M G, Kim H, Zhu J, Lapierre R R, Lakshmanan N, Lillehojt H S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic diversity at the MHC and non-MHC loci was investigated in three commercial broiler chicken pure lines. The MHC class II and IV loci were evaluated in Southern hybridizations and molecular genotypes based on RFLP were interpreted from pedigreed families. Four MHC class II and eight class IV genotypes were identified in the broiler lines, and their frequencies differed among the lines. Line-specific MHC...
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