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Genetic structure of a wide-spectrum chicken gene pool.
Animal genetics - 1 Oct 2009
Granevitze Z, Hillel J, Feldman M, Six A, Eding H, Weigend S
Abstract excerpt
The genetic structure of 65 chicken populations was studied using 29 simple sequence repeat loci. Six main clusters which corresponded to geographical origins and histories were identified: Brown Egg Layers; predominantly Broilers; native Chinese breeds or breeds with recent Asian origin; predominantly breeds of European derivation; a small cluster containing populations with no common history and populations...
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