Natalia V Dementieva, Yuri S Shcherbakov, Olga I Stanishevskaya, Anatoly B Vakhrameev, Tatiana A Larkina, Artem P Dysin, Olga A Nikolaeva, Anna E Ryabova, Anastasiia I Azovtseva, Olga V Mitrofanova, Grigoriy K Peglivanyan, Natalia R Reinbach, Darren K Griffin, Michael N Romanov
The worldwide chicken gene pool encompasses a remarkable, but shrinking, number of divergently selected breeds of diverse origin. This study was a large-scale genome-wide analysis of the landscape of the complex molecular architecture, genetic variability, and detailed structure among 49 populations. These populations represent a significant sample of the world's chicken breeds from Europe (Russia, Czech Republic, France, Spain, UK, etc.), Asia (China), North America (USA), and Oceania (Australia). Based on the results of breed genotyping using the Illumina 60K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chip, a bioinformatic analysis was carried out...
April 15, 2024: Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B