Danzhou chicken: a unique genetic resource revealed by genome-wide resequencing data.

ABSTRACT: Danzhou chicken (DZ) is a local breed in China noted for its strong adaptability, roughage resistance, strong wildness, and delicious taste, thus containing important genetic resources. In this study, genome re-sequencing data was generated from 200 DZ chickens. Combined with previously generated data from 72 additional chickens across six other exotic and local breeds, these data were used to systematically evaluate the germplasm characteristics of DZ chickens from a genomic perspective. Unlike exotic breeds, both DZ and southern local chicken varieties exhibited high genetic diversity, and the genetic distance between DZ and southern local chickens was smaller than the genetic distance between DZ and exotic chickens. A reconstructed Neighbor-Joining phylogenetic tree indicated that all s

SUBMITTER: Xie X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11278292 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature