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Australian and Pacific contributions to the genetic diversity of Norfolk Island feral chickens.
BMC genetics - 24 Sept 2013
Langford S Shannan M, Kraitsek Spiridoula, Baskerville Bruce, Ho Simon Y W, Gongora Jaime
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BACKGROUND: Norfolk Island has a population of feral chickens which could be the result of domestic stock introduced onto the island by British settlers in 1788. However, there is ongoing debate about their origins because multiple human arrivals to the island may have brought chickens with them. Here we investigate the genetic origins of these feral chickens by sequencing their mitochondrial control region. We...
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