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Is Hopeful to Decode the Chicken Genome by the End of This Year So
As to Lay a Solid Foundation for the Breeding of Quality Chicken Breeds
On Dec. 1, 2003, the reporter learnt from the Beijing Institute of
Genome Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences that this institute will
cooperate with the UK, in unfolding sequencing and analysis of Chicken
Genome, establishing molecular labeling map of quality Chicken breeds,
looking for relevant molecular label of excellent quality performance
so as to lay a solid foundation of breeding high-yield quality chicken
breeds.
According to what he had learnt, China is the originated place of
chicken, preserves large quantities of germplasm resources, therefore
the multiple morphological research on chicken genome has important
significance in developing excellent quality chicken breeds in China.
The discovery of morphological loci of chicken genome by the Beijing
Institute of Genome Research can be directly applied in the research
on chicken genetic breeding. Thus, it can increase the overall research
level of domestic animals in China while play a direct role in the
improvement of chicken production performance.
The research project is cooperated between China and the UK. The project
is directly implemented by China. This plan will start April 2003.
It was estimated that the whole sequencing work would be completed
by the end of 2003. Thus, it makes chicken the first domestic animal
that has been completely genome sequenced.
Source: Beijing Institute of Genome Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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