Genetic Diversity of Commercial Turkey Primary Breeding Lines as Estimated by DNA Fingerprinting

Poultry Science

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 802-807

  Ye, X ^a,b   Zhu, J ^a,c   Velleman, S G ^a   Nestor, K E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial dam lines; Commercial sire lines; Diversity; DNA fingerprinting; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE HAEII; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPOSITION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TURKEYS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032089065     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/77.6.802     Document Type: Article

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