Complete nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial DNA in White Leghorn and White Plymouth Rock chickens
- 16 September 2003
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Animal Science Journal
- Vol. 74 (5) , 437-439
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1344-3941.2003.00136.x
Abstract
Among the chicken breeds, White Leghorn (WL) and White Plymouth Rock (WR) are major breeds and have different history in their establishments. Whole mitochondrial DNA of the breeds were sequenced in order to elucidate the genetic relationship between the breeds. The lengths of the two WL and two WR mitochondrial DNA were found to be 16 788 and 16 785 base pairs, respectively. When the DNA sequences were compared, the similarity was found to be 99.96% (six nucleotide differences). In addition, the present study conformed the existence of an extra nucleotide ‘C’ in NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3 (ND3) of the chicken mitochondrial DNA, which has been consistently observed in Galliformes.Keywords
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