Small-scale poultry production systems are mostly found in rural, resource-poor areas that
often also experience food insecurity. They are accessible to vulnerable groups of society …

Many local breeds belonging to different livestock species such as cattle are in danger of
extinction, since farmers prefer high-yielding breeds as well as intensive selection pressure …

This study assessed the trends in inbreeding, effective population size, and genetic diversity
across six Korean native chicken lines using pedigree records from 54,383 chickens …

Chicken is the most important poultry bird in Pakistan that not only provides nutrition but also
contributes to country's economy. The Pakistani chicken and its germplasm resources are …

The present study aimed to outline the population differentiation of Sinai and Norfa chicken,
native to Egypt, with microsatellite markers. Twenty microsatellite loci recommended by the …

Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture Page 1 Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, Vol. 49, No. 3,
2021 (12-26) 12 Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture https://magrj.mosuljournals.com …

The study was conducted for the purpose of identifying the effect of MCW0330 marker
alleles on production performance and thus selecting individuals distinguished from others …

This study was used 100 laying hens, for the period from 10/26/2021 till 3/5/2022 to studying
the effect of LEI0258 marker on some productive traits of Iraqi local chickens, Productive …

Genetic variations among native and local chicken populations in six different locations
across Turkey were established using 15 ISSR primers, and produced 87 bright and …

Genetic diversity is the variation in genetic information carried by individuals within a
species or population. This variability plays a crucial role in enabling species to adapt and …