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Genetic diversity of Vietnamese domestic chicken populations as decision-making support for conservation strategies.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2013
Pham M H, Berthouly-Salazar C, Tran X H, Chang W H, Crooijmans R P M A, Lin D Y, Hoang V T, Lee Y P, Tixier-Boichard M, Chen C F
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The aims of this study were to assess the genetic diversity of 17 populations of Vietnamese local chickens (VNN) and one Red Jungle Fowl population, together with six chicken populations of Chinese origin (CNO), and to provide priorities supporting the conservation of genetic resources using 20 microsatellites. Consequently, the VNN populations exhibited a higher diversity than did CNO populations in terms of...
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