SEQUENCE AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF CHICKEN ANAEMIA VIRUS OBTAINED FROM BACKYARD AND COMMERCIAL CHICKENS IN NIGERIA : RESEARCH COMMUNICATION

Sequence and phylogenetic analysis of chicken anaemia virus obtained from backyard and commercial chickens in Nigeria : research communication

This work reports the first molecular analysis study of chicken anaemia virus (CAV) in backyard chickens in Africa using molecular cloning and sequence analysis to Cartridge Grips characterize CAV strains obtained from commercial chickens and Nigerian backyard chickens.Partial VP1 gene sequences were determined for three CAVs from commercial chicke

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Population Structure and Phylogeny of Some U.S. Peach Cultivars

Peach (Prunus persica) cultivars maintained at the U.S.Department of Agriculture program at Byron, GA, have never been characterized with any molecular markers.In this study, 20 microsatellite markers were used to genotype 112 cultivars and the data were analyzed to discern their population structure and phylogenetic relationships.STRUCTURE simulat

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Embodiment of Ancestral Spirits, the Social Interface, and Ritual Ceremonies: Construction of the Shamanic Landscape among the Daur in North China

The case study in this paper is on the Daur (as well as the Evenki, Buriat, and Bargu Mongols) in Hulun Buir, Northeast China.The aim of this research is to examine how shamanic rituals function as a conduit to actualize NOVELTY communications between the clan members and their shaman ancestors.Through examinations and observations of Daur and othe

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