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Whole genome SNP discovery and analysis of genetic diversity in Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).
BMC genomics - 14 Aug 2012
Aslam Muhammad L, Bastiaansen John W M, Elferink Martin G, Megens Hendrik-Jan, Crooijmans Richard P M A, Blomberg Le Ann, Fleischer Robert C, Van Tassell Curtis P, Sonstegard Tad S, Schroeder Steven G, Groenen Martien A M, Long Julie A
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BACKGROUND: The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an important agricultural species and the second largest contributor to the world's poultry meat production. Genetic improvement is attributed largely to selective breeding programs that rely on highly heritable phenotypic traits, such as body size and breast muscle development. Commercial breeding with small effective population sizes and epistasis can result in...
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