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Characterizing Genetic Diversity of Contemporary Pacific Chickens Using Mitochondrial DNA Analyses

BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) hypervariable region (HVR) sequences of prehistoric Polynesian chicken samples reflect dispersal of two haplogroups—D and E—by the settlers of the Pacific. The distribution of these chicken haplogroups has been used as an indicator of human movement. Recent anal...

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Autores principales: Dancause, Kelsey Needham, Vilar, Miguel G., Steffy, Rlene, Lum, J. Koji
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3033910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21326866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016843