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Origin and genetic diversity of Egyptian native chickens based on complete sequence of mitochondrial DNA D-loop region.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 2016
Osman Sayed A-M, Yonezawa Takahiro, Nishibori Masahide
Abstract excerpt
Domestic chickens (Gallus gallus) play a significant role, ranging from food and entertainment to religion and ornamentation. However, the details on their domestication process are still controversial, especially the origin and evolution of African chickens. Egypt is thought to be important place for this event because of its geographic location as well as its long history of civilization. However, the genetic...
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