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Absence of population substructuring in Zimbabwe chicken ecotypes inferred using microsatellite analysis.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2007
Muchadeyi F C, Eding H, Wollny C B A, Groeneveld E, Makuza S M, Shamseldin R, Simianer H, Weigend S
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to investigate the population structure of village chickens found in the five agro-ecological zones of Zimbabwe. Twenty-nine microsatellites were genotyped for chickens randomly selected from 13 populations, including the five eco-zones of Zimbabwe (n = 238), Malawi (n = 60), Sudan (n = 48) and six purebred lines (n = 180). A total of 280 alleles were observed in the 13...
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