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Characterizing genetic diversity of contemporary pacific chickens using mitochondrial DNA analyses.
PloS one - 4 Feb 2011
Dancause Kelsey Needham, Vilar Miguel G, Steffy Rlene, Lum J Koji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) hypervariable region (HVR) sequences of prehistoric Polynesian chicken samples reflect dispersal of two haplogroups--D and E--by the settlers of the Pacific. The distribution of these chicken haplogroups has been used as an indicator of human movement. Recent analyses suggested similarities between prehistoric Pacific and South American chicken samples, perhaps reflecting...
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