| targeted capture enrichment and sequencing identifies extensive nucleotide variation in the turkey mhc-b. | variation in the major histocompatibility complex (mhc) is increasingly associated with disease susceptibility and resistance in avian species of agricultural importance. this variation includes sequence polymorphisms but also structural differences (gene rearrangement) and copy number variation (cnv). the mhc has now been described for multiple galliform species including the best defined assemblies of the chicken (gallus gallus) and domestic turkey (meleagris gallopavo). using this sequence re ... | 2016 | 26729471 |
| wildlife uses and hunting patterns in rural communities of the yucatan peninsula, mexico. | subsistence hunting is a traditional practice providing food and many other goods for households in the yucatan peninsula, southeast mexico. economic, demographic, and cultural change in this region drive wildlife habitat loss and local extinctions. improving our understanding about current practices of wildlife use may support better management strategies for conserving game species and their habitat. we aimed to evaluate if wildlife use remained relevant for the subsistence of rural residents ... | 2012 | 23031274 |
| earliest mexican turkeys (meleagris gallopavo) in the maya region: implications for pre-hispanic animal trade and the timing of turkey domestication. | late preclassic (300 bc-ad 100) turkey remains identified at the archaeological site of el mirador (petén, guatemala) represent the earliest evidence of the mexican turkey (meleagris gallopavo) in the ancient maya world. archaeological, zooarchaeological, and ancient dna evidence combine to confirm the identification and context. the natural pre-hispanic range of the mexican turkey does not extend south of central mexico, making the species non-local to the maya area where another species, the o ... | 2012 | 22905156 |