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A genome-wide scan to identify signatures of selection in two Iranian indigenous chicken ecotypes.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 9 Sept 2021
Rostamzadeh Mahdabi Elaheh, Esmailizadeh Ali, Ayatollahi Mehrgardi Ahmad, Asadi Fozi Masood
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BACKGROUND: Various regions of the chicken genome have been under natural and artificial selection for thousands of years. The substantial diversity that exits among chickens from different geographic regions provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the genomic regions under selection which, in turn, will increase our knowledge about the mechanisms that underlie chicken diversity and adaptation. Several...
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