LD analysis revealed a strong haplotype structure in this region, with the high-frequency haplotypes H1 and H2 (chr21:2334307-2337146) showing highly significant differentiation between speckled and gray-feathered populations, indicating they are the primary genetic determinants of plumage color.
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Genetic structure and plumage color candidate genes of Yunnan Partridge duck revealed by whole genome resequencing.
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