Genetic diversity in global chicken breeds in relation to their genetic distances to wild populations

Abstract Background Migration of a population from its founder population is expected to cause a reduction of its genetic diversity and facilitates differentiation between the population and its founder population, as predicted by the theory of genetic isolation by distance. Consistent with that the...

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Main Authors: Dorcus Kholofelo Malomane, Steffen Weigend, Armin Otto Schmitt, Annett Weigend, Christian Reimer, Henner Simianer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2021-04-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-021-00628-z