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Genetic features of red and green junglefowls and relationship with Indonesian native chickens Sumatera and Kedu Hitam.
BMC genomics - 4 May 2016
Ulfah Maria, Kawahara-Miki Ryouka, Farajalllah Achmad, Muladno Muladno, Dorshorst Ben, Martin Alison, Kono Tomohiro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: More than 2,500 breeds of chicken are reared throughout the world as a source of eggs or meat and as pets. The primary ancestor of the present domestic chicken is widely believed to be the red junglefowl, although genetic contributions from other junglefowls cannot be excluded entirely. The reference genome for chicken was obtained from a red junglefowl, the genetic purity of which has been debated....
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