BF and BLB genes of chicken major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are responsible for classical antigen processing and presentation; therefore they play a central role in determining the genetic resistance or susceptibility of different MHC haplotypes to some infectious diseases. In this study, ...
Cai-Xia Gao
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Lingxia Han
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Liandong Qu
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Yu-Zhu Luo
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Han Jianlin
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[Specific TaqMan probed real-time quantitative RT-PCR methods and their application to differentiate the transcripts of duplicated BF or BLB genes in chicken MHC]
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Specific TaqMan probed real-time quantitative RT-PCR methods and their application to differentiate the transcripts of duplicated BF or BLB genes in chicken MHC
A crossbreeding experiment was carried out between two local strains of Mandarah (MN) and Matrouh (MA) chicken. Thirty-four sires and 400 dams from each strain were used to produce four genetic groups. Body weights of 3067 chicks at hatch (BW0), 4 (BW4), 8 (BW8), 12 (BW12) and 16 (BW16) weeks of ...
Iraqui, M.M.
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Hanafi, M.S.
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Khalil, M.H.
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El-Labban, A.F.
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Ell-Sisy, M.
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[Genetic evaluation of growth traits in a crossbreeding experiment involving two local strains of chickens using multi-trait animal model]
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Genetic evaluation of growth traits in a crossbreeding experiment involving two local strains of chickens using multi-trait animal model
In this study, we assessed the maternal origin of six Hungarian indigenous chicken breeds using mitochondrial DNA information. Sequences of Hungarian chickens were compared with the D-loop chicken sequences annotated in the GenBank and to nine previously described reference haplotypes representin...
Revay, T.
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Bodzsar, N.
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Mobegi, V.E.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Hidas, A.
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[Origin of Hungarian indigenous chicken breeds inferred from mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences]
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Origin of Hungarian indigenous chicken breeds inferred from mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences
In this study, 30 microsatellite markers recommended by the International Society for Animal Genetics and the Food and Agriculture Organization were used to determine the extent of genetic differentiation and phylogenetic relationships among indigenous chicken populations sampled in Kenya, Uganda...
Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Nomura, K.
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Hanada, H.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Amano, T.
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Han Jianlin
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[Genetic relationships among Kenyan and other East African indigenous chickens]
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Genetic relationships among Kenyan and other East African indigenous chickens
The publication of the first draft chicken sequence assembly became available in 2004 and was updated in 2006. However, this does not constitute a definitive and complete sequence of the chicken genome, since the microchromosomes are notably under-represented. In an effort to develop maps for the...
Douaud, M.
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Feve, K.
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Gerus, M.
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Fillon, V.
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Bardes, S.
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Gourichon, D.
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Dawson, D.A.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Burke, T.
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Vignoles, F.
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Morrison, M.
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Tixier-Boichard, M.
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Vignal, A.
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Pitel, F.
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[Addition of the microchromosome GGA25 to the chicken genome sequence assembly through radiation hybrid and genetic mapping]
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Addition of the microchromosome GGA25 to the chicken genome sequence assembly through radiation hybrid and genetic mapping
The chicken (Gallus gallus), like most avian species, has a very distinct karyotype consisting of many micro- and a few macrochromosomes. While it is known that recombination frequencies are much higher for micro- as compared to macrochromosomes, there is limited information on differences in lin...
Megens, H-K
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Crooijmans, R.P.M.A.
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Bastiaansen, J.
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Kerstens, H.
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Coster, A.
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Jalving, R.
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Verejiken, A.
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Silva, P.
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Muir, W.
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Cheng, H.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Groenen, M.
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[Comparison of linkage disequilibrium and haplotype diversity on macro- and microchromosomes in chicken]
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Comparison of linkage disequilibrium and haplotype diversity on macro- and microchromosomes in chicken
Five chicken lines were experimentally infected with a HPAI H7N1 virus, to examine the variation in susceptibility to infection. Three lines showed high susceptibility to the virus, while two showed some resistance, with 7 out of 20, and 11 out of 15 birds, respectively, remaining healthy and sur...
Sironi, L.
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Williams, J.L.
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Moreno-Martin, A.M.
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Ramelli, P.
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Stella, A.
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Weigend, S.
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Lombardi, G.
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Cordioli, P.
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Mariani, P.
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Han Jianlin
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[Susceptibility of different chicken lines to H7N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus and the role of Mx gene polymorphism coding amino acid position 631]
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Susceptibility of different chicken lines to H7N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus and the role of Mx gene polymorphism coding amino acid position 631
The present study aimed to evaluate some local chicken breed in Egypt. The result indicated that the average of fertility %, hatchability %, body weight at 4 and 8 weeks of age for males, females and combined sexes as well as age at sexual maturity, egg number and egg mass during the first 90 day...