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The karyotype of the chicken Gallus gallus domesticuswas studied by means of pulsed-field electrophoresis. An electrokaryogram was obtained for the microchromosomal (MI) portion of the chicken genome. Chicken MIs were separated into two fractions. A fraction with a higher mobility included MIs sized 3.4–4.8 Mb; the lower size limit of a less mobile fraction corresponded to MIs of approximately 5 Mb. The smallest MI in the chicken karyotype was estimated at 3.4 ±0.25 Mb.
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Pichugin, A.M., Galkina, S.A., Potekhin, A.A. et al. Estimation of the Minimal Size of Chicken Gallus gallus domesticusMicrochromosomes via Pulsed-Field Electrophoresis. Russian Journal of Genetics 37, 535–538 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016622816552
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