Genetic diversity studies that utilize phenotypic and genetic information are informative when formulating breeding and conservation plans. The present study utilizes sequences of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) D-loop region of 232 village chickens from Southern and Northern Nigeria to determine the o...
Adebambo, A.O.
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Mobegi, V.A.
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Mwacharo, Joram M.
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Oladejo, B.M.
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Adewale, R.A.
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Iiri, L.O.
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Makanjuola, B.O.
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Afolayan, O.
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Bjornstad, G.
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Han Jianlin
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[Lack of phylogeographic structure in Nigerian village chickens revealed by mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequence analysis]
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Lack of phylogeographic structure in Nigerian village chickens revealed by mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequence analysis
We report the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) characterization of 77 indigenous chickens (fighting and meat birds) from Madagascar, using DNA sequences of the first hypervariable segment of the D-loop. Comparison with reference samples from the African continent and Asia revealed two mtDNA haplogroups,...
Razafindraibe, H.
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Mobegi, V.A.
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Ommeh, S.C.
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Ralptondravao
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Bjornstad, G.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Han Jianlin
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[Mitochondrial DNA origin of indigenous Malagasy chicken: implication for a functional polymorphism at the Mx gene]
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Mitochondrial DNA origin of indigenous Malagasy chicken: implication for a functional polymorphism at the Mx gene
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
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