A genome-wide scan to identify signatures of selection in two Iranian indigenous chicken ecotypes

Abstract Background Various regions of the chicken genome have been under natural and artificial selection for thousands of years. The substantial diversity that exits among chickens from different geographic regions provides an excellent opportunity to investigate the genomic regions under selectio...

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Main Authors: Elaheh Rostamzadeh Mahdabi, Ali Esmailizadeh, Ahmad Ayatollahi Mehrgardi, Masood Asadi Fozi
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2021-09-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-021-00664-9