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Evaluation of diversity between different Spanish chicken breeds, a tester line, and a White Leghorn population based on microsatellite markers.
Poultry science - 1 Dec 2009
Dávila S G, Gil M G, Resino-Talaván P, Campo J L
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The present study was conducted to evaluate the genetic variability and the genetic divergence of 13 Spanish chicken breeds, a tester line, and a White Leghorn population, using 24 microsatellite markers. A total of 150 alleles were detected across all population. The number of alleles by locus ranged from 2 to 13, with the mean value being 6.25. The mean polymorphic information content was 0.591, ranging from...
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