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Genetic evidence from mitochondrial DNA corroborates the origin of Tibetan chickens.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Zhang Long, Zhang Pu, Li Qingqing, Gaur Uma, Liu Yiping, Zhu Qing, Zhao Xiaoling, Wang Yan, Yin Huadong, Hu Yaodong, Liu Aiping, Li Diyan
Abstract excerpt
Chicken is the most common poultry species and is important to human societies. Tibetan chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a breed endemic to China that is distributed mainly on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. However, its origin has not been well characterized. In the present study, we sequenced partial mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region of 239 and 283 samples from Tibetan and Sichuan indigenous chickens,...
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