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Zygosity determination is an essential component in behavioural genetics which uses twins for research. Although genetic markers are considered gold-standard, questionnaire based methods are preferred in

Estrogen activity within living cells is regulated by its receptor, estrogen receptor α (ER α) and estrogen receptor β (ER β) in chickens as in

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Research and industrial scale protein overexpression for pharmaceutical products uses Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains due to their well-characterised genome and easy manipulation. This review

Bio banking is an innovave concept of storing and sharing biological samples for current and future research. Even though it is well established in the

Abstract Chromodomain Helicase DNA (CHD) binding protein loci is one of the sex chromosome linked gene found in most avian species including domestic chickens. CHD genes

Quality assurance is a vital component in biobanking to assure integrity and viability of samples. Although standards are established for biobanking in the western world,

Genetics plays an important role in health research. Shortage of infrastructure limits the genetics research output from within the country. Moreover poor practical and analytical