Natural Selection Footprints Among African Chicken Breeds and Village Ecotypes

Natural Selection Footprints Among African Chicken Breeds and Village Ecotypes

Natural selection is likely a major factor in shaping genomic variation of the African indigenous rural chicken, driving the development of genetic footprints. Selection footprints are expected to be associated with adaptation to locally prevailing environmental stressors, which may include diverse...

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Main Authors: Ahmed R. Elbeltagy, Francesca Bertolini, Damarius S. Fleming, Angelica Van Goor, Chris M. Ashwell, Carl J. Schmidt, Donald R. Kugonza, Susan J. Lamont, Max. F. Rothschild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
selection signatures
environmental stresses
African chicken
FST
runs of homozygosity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00376/full

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