Endogenous avian leukosis viral loci in the Red Jungle Fowl genome assembly

Poultry Science

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2988-2990

  Benkel, Bernhard ^a   Rutherford, Katherine ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avian leukosis virus; Endogenous retrovirus; Red Jungle Fowl; Reference genome

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; CHICKEN; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUSES; FEMALE; GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84929035804     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2014-04309     Document Type: Article

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