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Jungle fowl–domestic fowl relationships: a use of DNA fingerprinting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

P.B. Siegel ,
A. Haberfeld ,
T.K. Mukherjee ,
L.C. Stallard ,
H.L. Marks ,
N.B. Anthony  and
E.A. Dunnington
P.B. Siegel
Affiliation:
Poultry Science Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
A. Haberfeld
Affiliation:
Poultry Science Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
T.K. Mukherjee
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
L.C. Stallard
Affiliation:
Poultry Science Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
H.L. Marks
Affiliation:
Southern Regional Poultry Genetics Laboratory, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
N.B. Anthony
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
E.A. Dunnington
Affiliation:
Poultry Science Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
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Abstract

There has been a long and continuing interest among poultry breeders and scientists in relationships of domestic fowl with their jungle fowl ancestor. Recent commercial practices in poultry breeding have greatly changed and improved the meat and egg stocks available for the production of food. There is concern, however, that artificial selection for traits of economic importance has caused a narrowing of the genetic base and subsequent reduction in genetic variability. Because continued progress in the achievement of increased growth or egg production depends heavily on genetic variability, its present status is of interest. Current techniques in molecular biology allow estimations to be made of genetic distance among populations. This paper reviews DNA fingerprinting in poultry using results from this technique to survey genetic diversity among jungle fowl, domestic fowl representative of stocks from several decades ago and today's commercial broilers and layers. The genetic distance between wild jungle fowl and layers has been found to be similar to that between wild jungle fowl and broilers. Within the two types of modern commercial fowl there is less genetic diversity among broiler than layer stocks.

Keywords

BroilersDNA fingerprintsdomestic fowlgenetic distancejungle fowl
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Research Article
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , July 1992 , pp. 147 - 155
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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