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Conservation Genetics and Breeding using Molecular Genetic Markers in Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica).
Frontiers in bioscience (Scholar edition) - 20 Dec 2024
Romanov Michael N, Ameen Questan Ali, Shaker Ahmed Sami, Al-Obaidi Rana Mohammed, Griffin Darren K
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BACKGROUND: The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) is a small migratory bird whose main habitats are located in East Asia, Russia, China, Japan, Korea, and India. The Japanese quail was first introduced into the Iraqi research sector in the early 1980s. This investigation aimed to identify the genetic divergence between the available genetic lines of the Japanese quail in Iraq as a first step to conducting...
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