Article
Genetic diversity among commercial chicken populations estimated from DNA fingerprints.
Poultry science - 1 Aug 1994
Dunnington E A, Stallard L C, Hillel J, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
Blood samples were obtained from parental pure lines representing a large majority of commercial meat-type (broiler) and white egg layer lines presently available in the USA. From blood mixes of each line, DNA was extracted and a DNA fingerprint pattern characteristic of that line was produced. Additionally, DNA fingerprints representing wild jungle fowl and two randombred control populations were produced. Three...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- DNA
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Male
