Genome-wide assessment of worldwide chicken SNP genetic diversity indicates significant absence of rare alleles in commercial breeds.
Muir WM, Wong GK, Zhang Y, Wang J, Groenen MA, Crooijmans RP, Megens HJ, Zhang H, Okimoto R, Vereijken A, Jungerius A, Albers GA, Lawley CT, Delany ME, MacEachern S, Cheng HH.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Nov 11;105(45):17312-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0806569105. Epub 2008 Nov 3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008.
PMID: 18981413
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