Identification of the Yellow Skin Gene Reveals a Hybrid Origin of the Domestic Chicken

• Jonas Eriksson,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Greger Larson,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Ulrika Gunnarsson,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Bertrand Bed'hom,

  Affiliation INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR1236 Génétique et Diversité Animales, Jouy-en-Josas, France

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• Michele Tixier-Boichard,

  Affiliation INRA, AgroParisTech, UMR1236 Génétique et Diversité Animales, Jouy-en-Josas, France

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• Lina Strömstedt,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Dominic Wright,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Annemieke Jungerius,

  Affiliation Hendrix Genetics, Breeding Research & Technology Centre, Boxmeer, The Netherlands

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• Addie Vereijken,

  Affiliation Hendrix Genetics, Breeding Research & Technology Centre, Boxmeer, The Netherlands

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• Ettore Randi,

  Affiliation Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica, Laboratorio di Genetica, Ozzano Emilia, Italy

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• Per Jensen,

  Affiliation IFM Biology, Linköping University, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden

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• Leif Andersson

  * E-mail: Leif.Andersson@imbim.uu.se

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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