Molecular characterization of the Smyth chicken sublines and their parental controls by RFLP and DNA fingerprint analysis

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-5

  Sreekumar, G P ^a,b   Smyth Jr , J R ^a   Ponce De Leon, F A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprint; Inbreeding coefficient; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Smyth chicken; Vitiligo

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; LEUKOSIS VIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN LEUKOSIS ONCOVIRUS; CHICKEN; DISEASE MODEL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PEDIGREE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VITILIGO;

ANIMALS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; VITILIGO;

EID: 0035229254     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.1.1     Document Type: Article

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