“Few people know that the commercial turkeys served at Thanksgiving descended from Mexico, where they were discovered during the Spanish Conquest and transported to Europe,”
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/to ... ervation-b
"The turkey genome is much less diverse with a relatively low frequency of heterozygous SNPs as compared to other livestock species like chicken and pig... All commercial lines appear to share a common origin."
https://bmcgenomics.biomedcentral.com/t ... 13-391.pdf
Today’s Domestic Turkeys Are Genetically Distinct from Wild Ancestors, Article of the Day
-
Killerbunny
- Poultry Guru - total zen level
- Posts: 7964
- Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:04 pm
- Location: Brockville
- x 10272
Re: Today’s Domestic Turkeys Are Genetically Distinct from Wild Ancestors, Article of the Day
Thanks - I breed the Beltsville SMall WHites!
1
Beltsville Small White turkeys.
Mutt chickens for eggs
RIP Stephen the BSW Tom and my coffee companion.
RIP Lucky the Very Brave Splash Wyandotte rooster.
RIP little Muppet the rescue cat.
