The world goat population is approximately 1.0 billion with more than half of them present in Asia. The Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture initiated a programme to characterize goat genetic resources of Asia. Nine Asian countries viz. Bangladesh, China, Indonesi...
The genetic variation in 10 indigenous Caucasian sheep breeds was studied with 14 micro-satellite loci in order to determine the genetic diversity among and between the breeds. Five breeds from Asia, five breeds from Europe and one breed from Africa, were included in order to study any relationsh...
The chicken lysozyme gene encodes a hydrolase that has a key role in defence, especially in ovo. This gene was resequenced in global chicken populations [red, grey, Ceylon and green jungle fowl (JF)] and related bird species. Networks, summary statistics and tests of neutrality indicate that alth...
Downing, T.
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O'Farrelly, C.O.
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Bhuiyan, A.K.F.H.
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Silva, P.
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Naqvi, A.N.
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Sanfo, R.
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Sow, R.S.
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Overseas Development Institute
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Bradley, D.G.
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[Variation in chicken populations may affect the enzymatic activity of lysozyme]
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Variation in chicken populations may affect the enzymatic activity of lysozyme
There have been significant evolutionary pressures on the chicken during both its speciation and its subsequent domestication by man. Infectious diseases are expected to have exerted strong selective pressures during these processes. Consequently, it is likely that genes associated with disease s...
Downing, T.
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Lynn, D.J.
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Connell, S.
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Lloyd, A.T.
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Bhuiyan, A.K.F.H.
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Silva, P.
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Naqvi, A.N.
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Sanfo, R.
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Sow, R.S.
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Overseas Development Institute
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O'Farrelly, C.O.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Bradley, D.G.
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[Contrasting evolution of diversity at two disease-associated chicken genes]
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Contrasting evolution of diversity at two disease-associated chicken genes
Despite much attention, history of sheep (Ovis aries) evolution, including its dating, demographic trajectory and geographic spread, remains controversial. To address these questions, we generated 45 complete and 875 partial mitogenomic sequences, and performed a meta-analysis of these and publis...
Feng-Hua Lv
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Wei-Feng Peng
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Ji Yang
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Yong-Xin Zhao
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Wen-Rong Li
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Ming-Jun Liu
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Yue-Hui Ma
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Qian-Jun Zhao
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Guang-Li Yang
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Feng Wang
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Jin-Quan Li
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Yong-Gang Liu
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Zhi-Qiang Shen
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Sheng-Guo Zhao
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EEr Hehua
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Gorkhali, N.A.
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Farhad Vahidi, S.M.
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Muladno, M.
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Naqvi, A.N.
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Tabell, J.
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Iso-Touru, T.
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Bruford, M.W.
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Kantanen, J.
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Han Jianlin
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Meng-Hua Li
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[Mitogenomic meta-analysis identifies two phases of migration in the history of Eastern Eurasian sheep]
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Mitogenomic meta-analysis identifies two phases of migration in the history of Eastern Eurasian sheep
The comparative analysis of genome sequences emerging for several avian species with the fully sequenced chicken genome enables the genome-wide investigation of selective processes in functionally important chicken genes. In particular, because of pathogenic challenges it is expected that genes i...
Downing, T.
,
Lynn, D.J.
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Connel, S.
,
Lloyd, A.T.
,
Bhuiyan, A.K.F.H.
,
Silva, P.
,
Naqvi, A.N.
,
Sanfo, R.
,
Sow, R.S.
,
Overseas Development Institute
,
Hanotte, Olivier H.
,
O'Farrelly, C.O.
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Bradley, D.
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[Evidence of balanced diversity at the chicken interleukin 4 receptor alpha chain locus]
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Evidence of balanced diversity at the chicken interleukin 4 receptor alpha chain locus