Assessment of genomic variability through DNA fingerprinting within and between chicken lines divergently selected for residual food consumption

Animal Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Tixier Boichard, M ^a   Kritchmann, N ^b   Morisson, M ^a   Bordas, A ^a   Hillel, J ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Faculty of Agricultura   (Israel)

Author keywords

chicken; divergent selection; DNA fingerprint; inbreeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0029775228     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1996.tb00944.x     Document Type: Article

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