Article
Variations in endogenous viral gene patterns in White Leghorn, medium heavy, White Plymouth Rock, and Cornish Chickens.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 1991
Aarts H J, Van Der Hulst-Van Arkel M C, Beuving G, Leenstra F R
Abstract excerpt
The endogenous viral (ev) gene patterns of White Leghorn (WL; 6 lines), medium heavy (MH; 4 lines), White Plymouth Rock (WPR; 8 lines), and Cornish types (2 lines) of commercial chickens were compared. Southern blot analysis of SstI-digested genomic DNA of 151 chickens revealed that the number of ev gene-containing fragments in a chicken from the MH, WPR, or Cornish type is about twice twice the number of that in...
Topics
- Animals
- Blotting, Southern
- Breeding
- Chickens
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Viral
- Genes, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Restriction Mapping