Evidence for a genetic variation in the mitochondrial genome affecting traits in White Leghorn chickens.

doi:10.1093/jhered/89.3.222

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Evidence for a genetic variation in the mitochondrial genome affecting traits in White Leghorn chickens.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Li S, Aggrey S E, Zadworny D, Fairfull W, Kuhnlein U

Abstract excerpt

A mitochondrial Mspl RFLP which was coselected with Marek's disease (MD) resistance in White Leghorn chickens was mapped to the NADH subunit IV. The RFLP was due to a transition, resulting in the change of the low-usage threonine triplet ACT (Mspl- allele) to the high usage triplet ACC (Mspl+ all...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Chickens
DNA, Mitochondrial
Deoxyribonuclease HpaII
Genetic Variation
Genome
Liver
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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