Mitochondrial DNA origin of indigenous Malagasy chicken: implication for a functional polymorphism at the Mx gene

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, su...

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Autores principales: Razafindraibe, H., Mobegi, V.A., Ommeh, S.C., Ralptondravao, Bjornstad, G., Hanotte, Olivier H., Han Jianlin
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1882

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