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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...
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