Domestic duck

Scientific name: Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0128Males and females look different

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Intensive artificial selection has led to great diversity in body size, reproduction and plumage colour among domestic duck breeds compared with the wild mallard, giving rise to two main types of breeds: egg-laying ducks and meat ducks.

SRC-543

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1Three chromosome-level duck genome assemblies provide insights into genomic variation during domestication (Zhu et al.)SRC-543

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1Three chromosome-level duck genome assemblies provide insights into genomic variation during domestication (Zhu et al.)SRC-543
2Chinese Domestic Ducks Evolved from Mallard Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) and Spot-Billed Duck (A. zonorhyncha) (Zhang et al.)SRC-544
3Anas platyrhynchos (mallard) — Animal Diversity Web account (Rogers, D.)SRC-545
4لسان العرب — مادة (بطط)SRC-546

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