Genetic distinctness of African, Asian and South American local chickens

Animal Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-165

  Wimmers, K ^a   Ponsuksili, S ^a   Hardge, T ^b   Valle Zarate, A ^c   Mathur, P K ^d   Horst, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chicken; Genetic resources; Microsatellites

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL BREEDING; BOLIVIA; CHICKEN; CROSSBREEDING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC VARIANCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NIGERIA; TANZANIA; TROPICS;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ASIA; CHICKENS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SOUTH AMERICA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0034124527     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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