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SUBMITTER: Sultana H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5088415 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sultana H H Seo D W DW Bhuiyan M S A MS Choi N R NR Hoque M R MR Heo K N KN Lee J H JH
Asian-Australasian journal of animal sciences. 20160322 12
The maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) D-loop region is widely used for exploring genetic relationships and for investigating the origin of various animal species. Currently, domestic ducks play an important role in animal protein supply. In this study, partial mtDNA D-loop sequences were obtained from 145 samples belonging to six South-East Asian duck populations and commercial duck population. All these populations were closely related to the mallard duck (<i>Anas platyrhynchos</i> ...[more]