Genetic Studies of Pigmentation in Chicken

Domestic animals have been selected by humans for thousands of years, which have drastically altered their genetic constitution and phenotypes. In this thesis, several of the most important genes causing pigmentation differences between the wild red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) and domestic chickens h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gunnarsson, Ulrika
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi 2009
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-98426
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-7439-3