BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Genetic evidence from Indian red jungle fowl corroborates multiple domestication of modern day chicken

Sriramana Kanginakudru1,3, Muralidhar Metta1, RD Jakati2 and J Nagaraju1*

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1 Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, ECIL-Road, Nacaharam, Hyderabad, 500076, India

2 Van Bhavan, Plot No 6-18, Sector 6, Panchakula, Haryana, India

3 Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:174 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-174

Published: 10 June 2008

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Table S1. GenAlex file showing the Nei's genetic distance, HWE and allele frequencies.

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Fig. S1. A bootstraped NJ tree of all 855 birds obtained using MEGA. The value indicates the bootstrap support. The names of individual birds has been modified, hence may not exactly correlate with Table S2.

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Fig. S2. FST value based NJ tree showing the divergence of G. g. murghi from G. g. gallus, G. g. spadiceus and G. g. domesticus. Clade I contains all RJFs and domestic chicken subgroups.

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Table S2. Details of 855 birds used in the present study.

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