Genetic Diversity Analysis of Egyptian Native Chickens Using mtDNA D-loop Region

This study was aimed to evaluate the genetic diversity of Egyptian native chickens by using mtDNA sequence polymorphism. A 546-bp fragment of the mtDNA D-loop region was sequenced for a total of 36 Egyptian native chickens with 14 reference sequences from DNA databank. Of the Egyptian chickens 5 h...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Elkhaiat, Kotaro Kawabe, Kamal Saleh, Hassan Younis, Reiad Nofal, Shinnya Masuda, Takeshi Shimogiri, Shin Okamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Poultry Science Association 2014-10-01
Series:The Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/51/4/51_0130232/_pdf/-char/en