Article
Evolutionary history of Mexican domesticated and wild Meleagris gallopavo.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 17 Apr 2018
Padilla-Jacobo Gabriela, Cano-Camacho Horacio, López-Zavala Rigoberto, Cornejo-Pérez María E, Zavala-Páramo María G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The distribution of the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) extends from Mexico to southeastern Canada and to the eastern and southern regions of the USA. Six subspecies have been described based on morphological characteristics and/or geographical variations in wild and domesticated populations. In this paper, based on DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial D-loop, we investigated the genetic...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Domestic
- Animals, Wild
- Canada
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Guatemala
- Haplotypes
- Mexico
- Mitochondria
