Single nucleotide polymorphism screening, molecular characterization, and evolutionary aspects of chicken Piwi genes
“Single nucleotide polymorphism screening, molecular characterization, and evolutionary aspects of chicken Piwi genes”, vol. 14, pp. 14802-14810, 2015.
, The P-element-induced wimpy testis (Piwi) gene is involved in germline stem cell self-renewal, meiosis, RNA silencing, and transcriptional regulation. Piwi genes are relatively well conserved in many species, but their function in poultry species is unclear. In this study, Piwi genes were sequenced using a target-sequence capture assay in quail and 28 breeds of chicken. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and evolutionary aspects of these chicken breeds were then analyzed.