Genomic analysis of Ugandan and Rwandan chicken ecotypes using a 600 k genotyping array.
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SUBMITTER: Fleming DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4882793 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
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Genomic analysis of Ugandan and Rwandan chicken ecotypes using a 600 k genotyping array.
Fleming D S DS Koltes J E JE Markey A D AD Schmidt C J CJ Ashwell C M CM Rothschild M F MF Persia M E ME Reecy J M JM Lamont S J SJ
BMC genomics 20160526
<h4>Background</h4>Indigenous populations of animals have developed unique adaptations to their local environments, which may include factors such as response to thermal stress, drought, pathogens and suboptimal nutrition. The survival and subsequent evolution within these local environments can be the result of both natural and artificial selection driving the acquisition of favorable traits, which over time leave genomic signatures in a population. This study's goals are to characterize genomi ...[more]
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