This study aimed to estimate the level of relatedness within Ankole cattle herds using autosomal microsatellite markers and to assess the accuracy of relationship assignment based on farmers' memory. Eight cattle populations (four from each of two counties in Mbarara district in Uganda) were stud...
Kugonza, D.R.
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Kiwuwa, G.H.
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Mpairwe, D.R.
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Han Jianlin
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Nabasirye, M.
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Okeyo Mwai, Ally
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[Accuracy of pastoralists' memory-based kinship assignment of Ankole cattle: A microsatellite DNA analysis]
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Accuracy of pastoralists' memory-based kinship assignment of Ankole cattle: A microsatellite DNA analysis
Unravelling the genetic history of any livestock species is central to understanding the origin, development and expansion of agricultural societies and economies. Domestic village chickens are widespread in Africa. Their close association with, and reliance on, humans for long-range dispersal ma...
Mwacharo, Joram M.
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Nomura, K.
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Hanada, H.
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Amano, T.
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Han Jianlin
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[Reconstructing the origin and dispersal patterns of village chickens across East Africa: Insights from autosomal markers]
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Reconstructing the origin and dispersal patterns of village chickens across East Africa: Insights from autosomal markers
The history of the introduction and dispersal of village chickens across the African continent is a subject of intense debate and speculation among scholars. Here, we synthesize and summarise the current scientific genetic and nongenetic knowledge in relation to the history of the species on the ...
Mwacharo, Joram M.
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Bjornstad, G.
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Han Jianlin
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[The history of African village chickens: An archaeological and molecular perspective]
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The history of African village chickens: An archaeological and molecular perspective
Thakur, M.
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Fernandes, M.
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Sathyakumar, S.
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Singh, S.K.
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Vijh, R.K.
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Han Jianlin
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Dong-Dong Wu
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Ya-Ping Zhang
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[Understanding the cryptic introgression and mixed ancestry of Red Junglefowl in India]
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Understanding the cryptic introgression and mixed ancestry of Red Junglefowl in India
Xuexue Liu
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Yanli Zhang
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Yefang Li
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Jianfei Pan
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Dandan Wang
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Weihuang Chen
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Zhuqing Zheng
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Xiaohong He
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Qianjun Zhao
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Yabin Pu
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Weijun Guan
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Han Jianlin
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Ludovic Orlando
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Yuehui Ma
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Lin Jiang
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[EPAS1 gain-of-function mutation contributes to high altitude adaptation in Tibetan horses]
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EPAS1 gain-of-function mutation contributes to high altitude adaptation in Tibetan horses
Chicken were possibly domesticated in South and Southeast Asia. They occur ubiquitously in East Africa where they show extensive phenotypic diversity. They appeared in the region relatively late, with the first undisputed evidence of domestic chicken in Sudan, around not, vert, similar 700 BC. We...
Mwacharo, Joram M.
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Bjornstad, G.
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Mobegi, V.
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Nomura, K.
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Hanada, H.
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Amano, T.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Han Jianlin
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[Mitochondrial DNA reveals multiple introductions of domestic chicken in East Africa]
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Mitochondrial DNA reveals multiple introductions of domestic chicken in East Africa
The genetic consequences of population differentiation and isolation have been the subject of conservation biology. In this study, we analysed the genetic diversity and structure of Mongolian sheep in China. These animals belong to a traditional local breed with high production, extensive adaptio...
The animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) length polymorphism and heteroplasmy are accepted to be universal. Here we report the lack of structural variation but the presence of length polymorphism as well as heteroplasmy in mtDNA control region of an endangered avian species – the Crested Ibis (Nippon...
Xue-Lian He
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Chang-Qing Ding
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Han Jianlin
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[Lack of structural variation but extensive length polymorphisms and heteroplasmic length variations in the mitochondrial DNA control region of highly inbred Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon]
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Lack of structural variation but extensive length polymorphisms and heteroplasmic length variations in the mitochondrial DNA control region of highly inbred Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon
Domestic duck production plays a very important role in producing meat, eggs and down. To support the conservation of closely related species of wild Mallard as well as Muscovy ducks and to understand the origin, domestication process, genetic diversity as well as differentiation of domestic duck...
Wu, Zhen-Yang
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Zeng, Sheng-Cheng
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Luo, Yu-Zhu
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Han Jianlin
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[A mystery in sequencing the mitochondrial DNA D-loop from blood samples of domestic Mallard duck]
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A mystery in sequencing the mitochondrial DNA D-loop from blood samples of domestic Mallard duck
Zhang, G.
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Vahidi, S.M.F.
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Ma, Y.H.
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Han Jianlin
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[Limited polymorphisms of two Y-chromosomal SNPs in Chinese and Iranian sheep]
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Limited polymorphisms of two Y-chromosomal SNPs in Chinese and Iranian sheep