| TITLE | 第2-3页 |
| DEDICATION | 第3-4页 |
| CERTIFICATION | 第4-5页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-7页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第7页 |
| ENGLISH VERSION | 第7页 |
| CHINESE VERSION | 第11-14页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第14-16页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第16-17页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE | 第18-27页 |
| 1.0 INTRODUCTION | 第18-27页 |
| CHAPTER TWO | 第27-36页 |
| 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第27-29页 |
| 2.1 GENETIC MARKERS IN THE CHICKENS | 第29-30页 |
| 2.2 THE CHICKEN GENOME | 第30页 |
| 2.3 TECHNIQUES FOR THE MEASUREMENTS OF DIVERSITY IN ANIMAL AND POULTRY GENETIC RESOURCES | 第30-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE | 第36-51页 |
| 3.0 MATERIALS AND METHODS | 第36页 |
| 3.1 EXPERIMENTAL STOCKS AND SAMPLE SIZE | 第36-37页 |
| 3.2 BLOOD COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF BLOOD SAMPLES | 第37页 |
| 3.3 DNA ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION | 第37-38页 |
| 3.4 DNA YIELD AND PURITY | 第38-39页 |
| 3.5 RAPD-PCR PROTOCOLS AND AGAROSE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS | 第39-41页 |
| 3.5.1 PCR conditions and programme | 第39-40页 |
| 3.5.2 Submerged agarose gel electrophoresis (SAGE) | 第40-41页 |
| 3.6 PREPARATION OF POOLED DNA SAMPLES AND RAPD-PCR PROTOCOL OF THE BULKED SAMPLES | 第41页 |
| 3.7 MICROSATELLITE ANALYSIS | 第41-42页 |
| 3.8 MICROSATELLITE PCR PROTOCOL AND ELECTROPHORESIS | 第42-44页 |
| 3.8.1 Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) | 第43-44页 |
| 3.9 STATISTICAL ANALYSES | 第44-51页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR | 第51-78页 |
| 4.0 RESULTS | 第51-54页 |
| 4.1 PROPORTION OF POLYMORPHISMS IN POPULATIONS | 第54-55页 |
| 4.2 AMPLIFICATION RESULTS OF POPULATION POOLED DNAs | 第55-56页 |
| 4.3 BAND SHARING COEFFICIENTS AND GENE DIVERSITY VALUES OF THE PAIRWISE CHICKEN POPULATIONS | 第56-58页 |
| 4.4 AVERAGE PAIRWISE PERCENT DIFFERENCE (APD) AMONG THE FOUR CHICKEN POPULATIONS | 第58页 |
| 4.5 GENETIC DISTANCES AMONG THE FOUR CHICKEN POPULATIONS USING RAPD MARKERS | 第58-59页 |
| 4.6 MICROSATELLITE LOCI ANALYSIS AND RESULTS | 第59-68页 |
| 4.6.1 Rare/uncommon/private alleles | 第68页 |
| 4.7 GENETIC DIVERSITY (VARIABILITY) AMONG THE CHICKEN POPULATIONS EXAMINED | 第68-73页 |
| 4.7.1 Allele frequency | 第68-69页 |
| 4.7.2 Heterozygosity | 第69-70页 |
| 4.7.3 Effective number of allele and polymorphism information content | 第70-73页 |
| 4.8 GENETIC DIVERGENCE/DIFFERENTIATION AND SHANNON INFORMATION INDEX | 第73-74页 |
| 4.9 GENETIC DISTANCES | 第74-78页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE | 第78-90页 |
| 5.0 DISCUSSION | 第78页 |
| 5.1 RAPD DNA FRAGMENT BANDS | 第78-80页 |
| 5.2 BAND SHARING COEFFICIENT, HETEROZYGOSITY AND GENETIC DISTANCE | 第80-81页 |
| 5.3 MICROSATELLITES ALLELE FREQUENCY INTERPRETATION | 第81-83页 |
| 5.4 HETEROZYGOSITY, EFFECTIVE ALLELE NUMBER AND POLYMORPHISM INFORMATION CONTENT | 第83-84页 |
| 5.5 PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS | 第84-85页 |
| 5.6 COMPARISONS OF THE TWO ASSAY METHODS USED IN THIS STUDY | 第85-87页 |
| 5.7 FUTURE LINE OF STUDY | 第87-90页 |
| CHAPTER SIX | 第90-94页 |
| 6.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 第90-94页 |
| REFERENCES | 第94-106页 |
| PAPERS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS WITHIN THE STUDY PERIOD | 第106-107页 |
| RECENTLY SUBMITTED PAPERS FOR PUBLICATION | 第107-111页 |
