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Molecular genetic diversity and maternal origin of Chinese black-bone chicken breeds.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 29 Apr 2014
Zhu W Q, Li H F, Wang J Y, Shu J T, Zhu C H, Song W T, Song C, Ji G G, Liu H X
Abstract excerpt
Chinese black-bone chickens are valued for the medicinal properties of their meat in traditional Chinese medicine. We investigated the genetic diversity and systematic evolution of Chinese black-bone chicken breeds. We sequenced the DNA of 520 bp of the mitochondrial cyt b gene of nine Chinese black-bone chicken breeds, including Silky chicken, Jinhu black-bone chicken, Jiangshan black-bone chicken, Yugan...
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