Meleagris gallopavo (Wild turkey)
Proteome ID | UP000001645 |
Strain | Nicholas large white |
Taxonomy | Meleagris gallopavo (Wild turkey) |
Description
Turkeys, like chickens, are members of the Phasianidae within the order Galliformes. The common turkey (also called wild turkey, North American wild turkey) is native to North America, being one of only two species of wild turkey in the world and the only native North American bird to be domesticated. The turkey is one of the two most economically important poultry species with a genome very similar to that of the chicken. The reference proteome for Meleagris gallopavo is derived from the assembly of the domesticated turkey genome published in 2001. The size of the genome is about 1.1 Gb and consists of 33 chromosomes. The sequenced animal is Nici (Nicholas Inbred), a female turkey, which is from a sub line originally derived from a commercially significant breeding line and has an extensively heterozygous genome.