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A SNP based linkage map of the turkey genome reveals multiple intrachromosomal rearrangements between the turkey and chicken genomes.
BMC genomics - 20 Nov 2010
Aslam Muhammad L, Bastiaansen John W M, Crooijmans Richard P M A, Vereijken Addie, Megens Hendrik-Jan, Groenen Martien A M
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BACKGROUND: The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an important agricultural species that is the second largest contributor to the world's poultry meat production. The genomic resources of turkey provide turkey breeders with tools needed for the genetic improvement of commercial breeds of turkey for economically important traits. A linkage map of turkey is essential not only for the mapping of quantitative trait...
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