Exploring genetic diversity and population structure of Myanmar indigenous chickens using double digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing.

ABSTRACT: This study used double-digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing to investigate the genetic diversity and population structure of eight populations of Myanmar indigenous chickens (MICs). We conducted genetic diversity and population structure analyses of indigenous chickens from Myanmar and other Asian countries and commercial chickens. A total of 20 261 autosomal SNPs were used. The expected heterozygosity of the eight populations of MICs ranged from 0.259 ± 0.175 (MYN_FCN) to 0.282 ± 0.152 (MYN_YGN), and the observed heterozygosity ranged from 0.245 ± 0.187 (MYN_FCN) to 0.265 ± 0.164 (MYN_YGN). The population structure analyses suggested that MICs possessed a genetic cluster that is limited in many chicken populations in this study. In addition, three distinct groups were found a

SUBMITTER: Mon SLY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12362233 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature