Genetic evidence from mitochondrial DNA corroborates the origin of Tibetan chickens

• Long Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Long Zhang, Pu Zhang, Qingqing Li, Uma Gaur, Yiping Liu

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Pu Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Long Zhang, Pu Zhang, Qingqing Li, Uma Gaur, Yiping Liu

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Qingqing Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Long Zhang, Pu Zhang, Qingqing Li, Uma Gaur, Yiping Liu

  Current address: Kunming Xianghao Technology Co. Ltd., Kunming, China

  Affiliation Life Science College, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, China

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• Uma Gaur ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Long Zhang, Pu Zhang, Qingqing Li, Uma Gaur, Yiping Liu

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Yiping Liu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Long Zhang, Pu Zhang, Qingqing Li, Uma Gaur, Yiping Liu

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Qing Zhu,

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Xiaoling Zhao,

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Yan Wang,

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Huadong Yin,

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Yaodong Hu,

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Aiping Liu,

  Affiliation College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, China

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• Diyan Li

  * E-mail: diyanli@sicau.edu.cn

  Affiliation Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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