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Genetic markers and their application in poultry breeding.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 2003
Emara M G, Kim H
Abstract excerpt
The current chicken genetic map contains at least 1,965 loci within 50 linkage groups, and it covers about 4,000 cM. About 235 of these loci have homology with known human or mammalian genes. The remaining loci are anonymous molecular DNA markers, including microsatellites, amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), CR1 elements, and others. A third generation...
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