Genetic characteristics of the ostrich population using molecular methods

Poultry Science

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-281

  Kawka, M ^a   Horbanczuk J O ^a   Sacharczuk, M ^a   Zieba G ^b   Lukaszewicz M ^a   Jaszczak, K ^a   Parada, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

DNA fingerprinting; Genetic distance; Genetic variability; Microsatellite analysis; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

AVES; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; OSTRICH;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947537736     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/86.2.277     Document Type: Article

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