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Genetic diversity and conservation of South African indigenous chicken populations.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jun 2011
Mtileni B J, Muchadeyi F C, Maiwashe A, Groeneveld E, Groeneveld L F, Dzama K, Weigend S
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we compare the level and distribution of genetic variation between South African conserved and village chicken populations using microsatellite markers. In addition, diversity in South African chickens was compared to that of a reference data set consisting of other African and purebred commercial lines. Three chicken populations Venda, Ovambo and Eastern Cape and four conserved flocks of the...
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