Managing genomic diversity in conservation programs of Chinese domestic chickens.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Effective conservation and utilization of farm animals are fundamental for realizing sustainable increases in food production. In situ and ex situ conservation are the two main strategies that are currently used to protect the genetic integrity of Chinese domestic chicken breeds. However, genomic diversity and population structure have not been compared in these conserved populations.

Results

Three hundred and sixty-one individuals from three Chinese domestic chicken breeds were collected from populations conserved in situ and ex situ and genotyped using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). First, we used different parameters based on heterozygosity, genomic inbreeding, and linkage disequilibrium to estimate the genomic diversity of these populations, and applied princ

SUBMITTER: Zhang M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10722821 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature