Article
Genomic analysis of Ugandan and Rwandan chicken ecotypes using a 600 k genotyping array.
BMC genomics - 26 May 2016
Fleming D S, Koltes J E, Markey A D, Schmidt C J, Ashwell C M, Rothschild M F, Persia M E, Reecy J M, Lamont S J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Indigenous populations of animals have developed unique adaptations to their local environments, which may include factors such as response to thermal stress, drought, pathogens and suboptimal nutrition. The survival and subsequent evolution within these local environments can be the result of both natural and artificial selection driving the acquisition of favorable traits, which over time leave...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
