Scientific Name	Meleagris gallopavo
Common Name	common turkey, wild turkey;
Taxonomy ID	9103
Lineage	cellular organisms > Eukaryota > Opisthokonta > Metazoa > Eumetazoa > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata > Gnathostomata > Teleostomi > Euteleostomi > Sarcopterygii > Dipnotetrapodomorpha > Tetrapoda > Amniota > Sauropsida > Sauria > Archelosauria > Archosauria > Dinosauria > Saurischia > Theropoda > Coelurosauria > Aves > Neognathae > Galloanserae > Galliformes > Phasianidae > Meleagridinae > Meleagris
External Links	NCBI;
Representative Assembly	Turkey_5.0	GCF_000146605.2	DNA GFF RNA Protein

Description:

The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an agriculturally important avian specie with a genome very similar to that of the chicken. Expanding the marker and map information for turkey will also improve genetic information available for other agriculturally important avian species.