Parameters of the chicken genome (Gallus gallus)

Animal Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 290-294

  Smith, J ^a   Burt, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Genetic map; Genome size; Physical map

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENOME ORGANIZATION; KARYOTYPE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FEMALE; GENOME; KARYOTYPING; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; METAPHASE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032143122     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.1998.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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