New information on the ancestry of modern South American chicken

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CGIAR Research Program on Livestock. 2020. New information on the ancestry of modern South American chicken. Reported in Livestock Annual Report 2020. Innovations.

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Journal article on European/Asian contribution to the genetic diversity of mainland South American chicken. Better understanding of the origins of chicken genome diversity may guide ex-situ conservation priorities, and contribute to discovery of genetic variants for economic and ecologically important traits and admixture analysis of an individual animals breed composition.