Genetic evidence from mitochondrial DNA corroborates the origin of Tibetan chickens.

Chicken is the most common poultry species and is important to human societies. Tibetan chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) is a breed endemic to China that is distributed mainly on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. However, its origin has not been well characterized. In the present study, we sequenced part...

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Main Authors: Long Zhang, Pu Zhang, Qingqing Li, Uma Gaur, Yiping Liu, Qing Zhu, Xiaoling Zhao, Yan Wang, Huadong Yin, Yaodong Hu, Aiping Liu, Diyan Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5328412?pdf=render