Genetic variation within the Mx gene of commercially selected chicken lines reveals multiple haplotypes, recombination and a protein under selection pressure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Fulton, Janet E ^a   Arango, Jesus ^a   Ali, Rizwana A ^b   Bohorquez, Elaine B ^b   Lund, Ashlee R ^a   Ashwell, Chris M ^b   Settar, Petek ^a   O'Sullivan, Neil P ^a   Koci, Matthew D ^b  

^a Hy Line International   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN; DNA; PROTEIN; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ARTICLE; BREED DIFFERENCE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EGG PRODUCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; MX GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DNA; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; UNTRANSLATED REGIONS;

EID: 84907908404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108054     Document Type: Article

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