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Genetic characterization and conservation priorities of chicken lines.
Poultry science - 1 Nov 2013
Tadano R, Nagasaka N, Goto N, Rikimaru K, Tsudzuki M
Abstract excerpt
Molecular markers are a useful tool for evaluating genetic diversity of chicken genetic resources. Seven chicken lines derived from the Plymouth Rock breed were genotyped using 40 microsatellite markers to quantify genetic differentiation and assess conservation priorities for the lines. Genetic differentiation between pairs of the lines (pairwise FST) ranged from 0.201 to 0.422. A neighbor-joining tree of...
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