Article
Signatures of selection in the genomes of commercial and non-commercial chicken breeds.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Elferink Martin G, Megens Hendrik-Jan, Vereijken Addie, Hu Xiaoxiang, Crooijmans Richard P M A, Groenen Martien A M
Abstract excerpt
Identifying genomics regions that are affected by selection is important to understand the domestication and selection history of the domesticated chicken, as well as understanding molecular pathways underlying phenotypic traits and breeding goals. While whole-genome approaches, either high-density SNP chips or massively parallel sequencing, have been successfully applied to identify evidence for selective sweeps...
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